THE

PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL,

AND

MAGAZINE OF MORAL SCIENCE,

FOR THE YEAR 1846.

VOL. XIX.

OR

VOL. IX. OF THE NEW SERIES.

Quiconque a une trop haute idée de la force et de la justesse de ses raisonnemens pour se croire obligé de les soumettre à une expérience mille et mille fois répétée, ne perfectionnera jamais la physiologie du cerveau,-GALL.

The first business of philosophy is to account for things as they are; and till our theories will do this, they ought not to be the ground of any practical conclusion.-MALTHUS.

EDINBURGH:

MACLACHLAN, STEWART, AND COMPANY;

SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO., LONDON;

D. ROBERTSON, GLASGOW; AND

WILEY & PUTNAM, NEW YORK.

MDCCCXLVI.

CONTENTS OF VOL. XIX.

No. LXXXVI.

SECT. I. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS.

Page

1. Mr Cull on the Perception of Metre and Rhythmus in Language

and Music,

1

2. Mr Stark on the supposed Domestication of some of the Lower

Animals,

10

14

3. Mr Hytche on the Function and Nomenclature of the organ

called Wonder,

Subsequent Discussion between Mr Hytche and the Editor, 23

4. Mr Hurlbut on Religious Freedom,

5. Correspondence of Dr Gall,

Letter of Prof. Blumenbach respecting Dr Gall,

28

36

41

1. Mr Combe on the Cerebral Development and Moral and Intel-

lectual Character of Raphael,

2. Dr Webster on the Statistics and Pathology of Mental Diseases,

3. Case of Intermittent Mental Disorder of the Tertian Type, with

Double Consciousness. By David Skae, M.D.,

4. Case of Double Consciousness. By Thomas Mayo, M.D.,

SECT. III. NOTICES OF BOOKS.

1. Contributions to the Mathematics of Phrenology. By J. Straton,

2. Mesmeric Experiences. By Spencer T. Hall,

3. Notes on the New Reformation in Germany, &c. By G. Combe,

SECT. IV. INTELLIGENCE, &c.

Edinburgh-Appointment of a Lecturer on Phrenology in Ander-

son's University-Lectures on Phrenology-Lectures on Mes-

merism-Phrenological Class, London Mechanics' Institution

-Phrenology and the Fine Arts-Phrenology and Cerebral
Anatomy-Sheffield Phrenological Society; Lecture by Dr
Corden Thompson-Paris Phrenological Society; Prize of 1000
francs for Essay on the Sensations-Phrenology in America—
Cast of Ebenezer Erskine's Skull-Cast of Thorwaldsen's Head
-Mr Cull on an alleged misrepresentation of Dr Spurzheim—

Differently-coloured cloths distinguished by a Blind Man-

Precocity of Intellect-Difficulty of ascertaining the Mental

Character of Foreign Nations-Books and Newspapers re-

ceived,