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. Page 3. Mr Hytche on the Function and Nomenclature of the organ Subsequent Discussion between Mr Hytche and the Editor, 23 1. Mr Combe on the Cerebral Development and Moral and Intel- 2. Dr Webster on the Statistics and Pathology of Mental Diseases, 3. Case of Intermittent Mental Disorder of the Tertian Type, with 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 Differently-coloured cloths distinguished by a Blind Man- Precocity of Intellect-Difficulty of ascertaining the Mental |