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Affection of Language.— Affection of Benevolence. arresting the development of foetal structure, or in partially arresting it. The vagueness and generalities in the science. of Embryology can be made precise, only by the accumulation of accurate observations. I hope that phrenologists will gather all the FACTS they can, in order to throw light on that important, but too much neglected, subject, THE LAWS OF PROPAGATION.

II. Curious Affection of Language.- Communicated by DR. CHARLES COWAN.

A LADY, liable to asthma, was about six years ago attacked with apoplexy, and remained insensible for several hours. On recovering consciousness, her first expression was, "Now I am glorified here!" pointing to her chest; and from that moment she lost her asthma. Her speech was slightly affected; but the singularity is, that, from the period referred to, up to the present moment, she reverses the genders in her language, saying invariably, or almost so, he for she, and vice versâ; addressing and speaking of males as females, without any confusion of ideas or real misapprehension on the subject. She is aware of her peculiarity, and says she cannot help it. Her husband told me that during five years she had only once addressed him as Mr. In speaking to myself her language was as if speaking to a lady. She also in many instances reverses qualities, and will say a drop of bread" and "a bit of water.' Substantives incapable of this change are most singularly misnamed. She calls oats, "ink," paper, "chair," and numerous other objects in the same way, so that no one, unaccustomed to her, can possibly understand what she means. The same word is always applied to indicate the same object; but all substantives are not misnamed. Her other faculties have not materially suffered and she has fulfilled her domestic duties as formerly.

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III. Temporary Derangement induced by a sudden Shock to excited Benevolence. Communicated by Dr. CHARLES COWAN.

A FOREMAN in a shop accidentally met with a case of great distress in the person of a man servant. He traversed the town, and called upon various servants for a subscription, and

succeeded beyond his most sanguine expectations. Overjoyed, he sought the object of his benevolence, gave him the result of his labours, and was greatly excited by the strength and warmth of his gratitude. Returning home in a tumult of benevolent feeling, he saw straw spread before the door of a house, the mistress of which had been his early and warm benefactress. It at once struck him that she was dead, and so powerful was the impression upon his feelings, and so opposed to the previous state of mind, that he stood aghast and confounded, and in a few minutes was quite maniacal, requiring several persons to hold him. Perfect quiet and soothing treatment restored him to his usual state of mind in a few days. In this person's head the development of Benevolence externally entitles it to the name of bump, and the feeling cannot be called into activity without producing general excitement and a copious flow of tears. He says, when asked what he likes best, that "doing good" is his chief pleasure; and that when a boy he was never better pleased than when made the minister of his master's charities. Cruelty to animals makes him wretched, and he finds much satisfaction in witnessing either human or animal happiness. Veneration is also very large, and he is a ranter," and expresses deep pain whenever he hears profane language.

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IV. Sudden Affection of Philoprogenitiveness.

SIR,The following case of acute pain in the organ of Philoprogenitiveness, in connexion with a dreadful circumstance to a fond mother's feelings, was related in company by a medical gentleman who is a non-phrenologist, that is to say, not an anti-phrenologist nor yet a confirmed one. As I thought this fact valuable in itself, and also valuable as it was observed by a non-phrenologist, I requested a written account of it in order to transmit to you for insertion in the Journal. The following is a copy of the note I received:

20. GROVE PLACE, LISSON GROVE, 10th January 1838.

MY DEAR SIR, The following is the case you are anxious should be made public. A woman about thirty years of age called on me one morning, complaining of pain in the side, attended with slight febrile symptoms, &c. Among other questions concerning the state of her feelings, I asked if she had any pain in the head; she replied, she had a "constant pain in the back part of the head," at the same time placing

her hand over the region in which phrenologists have placed the organ of Philoprogenitiveness. She then proceeded to state, that about four years since, as she was standing at her street door, her only child (then about two years of age) wandered to the side of the carriage road; and that she suddenly saw him between the fore and hind wheels of an omnibus which was passing. With a superhuman effort she flew towards the vehicle, and succeeded in rescuing him from his perilous situation. At that instant she felt a severe pain dart across the back of her head, "as though a knife had been stuck into it; " and she immediately became senseless, and continued so for several hours; and from that time she has always had pain in this situation, which is increased whenever she is out of health, but never disappears altogether. In haste, yours very truly, H. B. BURFORD.

The connection between the organ of Philoprogenitiveness and the Parental feeling requires no comment of mine, to make it more apparent than the above statement of the woman. This fact speaks volumes, and urges in the strongest language to the observer, and to all medical men whose great study is human nature, to read the pages of Gall and Spurzheim, to ascertain what and how they should observe. If gentlemen at first would but condescend to be instructed how to observe for themselves, they would soon value Phrenology as an inductive science. It must be remembered, that whatever body of facts may have been collected together by others, their weight is less influential to convince the cautious and really philosophic observer, than those he himself observes. But while enforcing the superiority of knowledge over mere information, I am going beyond my duty, which is simply to enclose the deeply interesting fact."

I remain, &c.,

RICHARD CULL.

V. Development of the late Dr. Turner.

SIR,As you mention in your notice of the "Change in the Pursuits of the late Dr. Turner," (No. II. p. 147.), that you have not been able to meet with any account of his cerebral development, I address a few lines to you, with the view

* The case is curious; though pain in the region of Benevolence or Cautiousness might à priori have appeared equally likely.. EDITOR P. J.

of giving some information on the subject. Having attended Dr. Turner's lectures at the University of London, I have had frequent opportunities of observing his development as far as it could be ascertained, without actual manipulation. I have also, within the last few days, had an opportunity of examining, although only in a cursory manner, a cast of his head, made by Mr. Butler of Gower Place, who executed the bust recently presented to the museum of the University by some of the pupils of Dr. Turner.

Dr. Turner's head was not long from before backwards, but rose high above the ear. The greater portion of the brain lay before the ear. The anterior lobe was deep and high. The perceptive organs projected very much; which gave a sloping appearance to the forehead, although the reflective organs were large. The predominating organs were, Individuality, Form, Size, Weight, Colour, Order, and Locality, which I should call very large; Number and Language were smaller; perhaps they might be called rather large; Eventuality, Comparison, Causality and Time (?) large. Tune, Wit, and Ideality were, I think, not more than full, as if the preceding organs be marked out, very little space is left for those last mentioned. Benevolence, Veneration, Firmness, Conscientiousness, and Constructiveness were large; perhaps Firmness might be called very large, as the head rose gradually to this point. Love of Approbation is distinctly marked; but, as there is not a very great length of fibre in this direction, I should call it rather large; Hope, Imitation, Combativeness, and Destructiveness, rather large; Self-esteem full or rather large; Philoprogenitiveness, Attachment, Inhabitiveness, Secretiveness, Acquisitiveness, Cautiousness and Wonder, full; Amativeness moderate. The temperament was nervous-bilious. In lecturing, Dr.

Turner displayed far more activity of mind than any one that I ever met with; he never was at a loss for a word, although by no means verbose. He was particularly fond of experiments of detonation or combustion. When an experiment failed, which was but seldom, he was never disconcerted as is the case with some lecturers. He possessed great suavity of manner, combined with dignity, which caused him to be much respected by his pupils. When he was seized by his last fatal illness a gloom pervaded the countenance of every one; it seemed as if each had lost a friend. He was very methodical, making abstracts of all books which he read. I never heard him make the slightest allusion to the pleasures deriveable from poetry or works of fiction, which would agree with his Ideality not being remarkable. His not having applied to any study while young, was perhaps in some measure owing to his Language not being

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large, compared with rest of the perceptive organs. Hunter was a similar instance of a person who was not studious until he approached manhood; although, like Dr. Turner, he showed the activity of his perceptive faculties in his great skill as a carpenter; Language appears to be only full in his portrait. The great excellence of Dr. Turner arose, I have no doubt, from his intensely active and enduring temperament, which enabled him to go through an immense quantity of work in a short time. I have, &c.,

19. POLAND STREET, OXFORD STREET.

WILLIAM HENRY.

VI. Apoplectic Attack apparently not wholly suspending the Function of an Organ in a State of high Excitement shortly before. By DR. ENGLedue.

We are rather at fault for a title to the following report of a case, which possesses some interest in pathognomy, if not in pathology also. It was communicated to us in a letter from Dr. Abram Cox, and is here copied in his own words, and those of Dr. Engledue quoted by him:

"I had a letter from Dr. Engledue of Portsmouth containing a short account of a pathological case, which, the said I might send you if I thought it worth while. The case is curious, and as it is very short, it is worthy of a corner. Dr. Engledue's account runs thus: I attended a case of

apoplexy the other day, which occurred in a gentleman, a friend of mine, whose house I was at, the night before the attack, at a large party. There was a piano-forte in the room which had been hired for the occasion. He was particularly fond of music, but seldom heard any in his own house, there not being an instrument. On the night of the party, he danced, sang, and seemed highly delighted. In the night he was attacked, I was called to him, and found him (what we are in the habit of calling) insensible; but it was evident that he knew his wife from me, although he was unable to speak, and the pupils were fixed and the eyelids closed. But the point I wish to inform you of, is that he was constantly moving his fingers along the bed-clothes, the same as a performer would do along the keys of a piano, and in the same manner as he had frequently done the night before. He did this three times that I saw, and the relations told me that he had done it several times before I saw him. Query, can this be accounted for by sup