THE

PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL,

AND

MAGAZINE OF MORAL SCIENCE,

FOR THE YEAR 1844.

VOL. XVII.

OR

VOL. VIL OF THE NEW SERIES.

Quiconque a une trop haute idée de la force et de la justesse de ses raisonne-
mers 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 con-
clusion.-MALTHUS.

EDINBURGH:

MACLACHLAN, STEWART, & CO.;
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No. LXXVIII.

SECT. I. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS.

1. Mr Hytche on the effects of School-flogging,

2. W. R. Lowe on the "New Organs" of Mr Spencer Hall,

3. Dr Kombst on the Application of Phrenology to History and

Politics,

4. Mr Braid on the Phenomena of Phreno-Mesmerism,

5. Mr Combe's Phrenological Observations in Germany and Italy,

SECT. II. CASES AND FACTS.

1. Three cases of Homicidal Insanity :-

1. Case of a Danish Woman. By Dr OTTO of Copenhagen,

2. Case of an American Lady. By Dr AMARIAh Brigham,

3. Case of Mattos Lobo, a Portuguese,

2. Mr Hytche on the Cerebral Development of Conveyancing

Lawyers,

3. Facts relative to Mesmerism. By Mr CHARLES MEYMOTT,

4. Seven cases from the American Phrenological Journal,

5. Case of Hysteria, with extreme acuteness of certain Senses.

Communicated by Sir G. S. MACKENZIE, Bart.,

SECT. III. NOTICES OF Books.

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26

32

33

37

38

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47

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1. The German Phrenological Journal, No. III.,
2. Harwood's Lecture on the object of the Sunday Lectures at
the Beaumont Square Philosophical Institution, London,

3. Sampson's Letter to Dr Forbes on the Treatment of Criminals,

4. Lang on Mesmerism,

5. The British Medical Journals :-

3. The Phrenological Library: Gall on the Functions of the Brain,

4. Spurzheim's Outlines of Phrenology, Glasgow Edition,

5. The People's Edition of Dr Combe's Physiology applied to

Health and Education,

6. The People's Phrenological Journal, Parts VIII. to XI.,
SECT. IV. INTELLIGENCE, &c.

Proceedings of the Phrenological Association, session of 1843—
Edinburgh- The Phrenological Society versus Dr Robert
Verity-Lectures on Phrenology-Lectures on Mesmero-
Phrenology-Proceedings of the Christian Phrenological So-
ciety-Sheffield Phrenological Society-Wolverhampton-
Lancaster Phrenological Society-Jamaica-Death of Dr

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No. LXXVIII.

SECT. I. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS.

1. Mr Hytche on the effects of School-flogging,

2. W. R. Lowe on the "New Organs" of Mr Spencer Hall,

3. Dr Kombst on the Application of Phrenology to History and

4. Mr Braid on the Phenomena of Phreno-Mesmerism,

5. Mr Combe's Phrenological Observations in Germany and Italy,

SECT. II. CASES AND FACTS.

1. Three cases of Homicidal Insanity :-

1. Case of a Danish Woman. By Dr Orro of Copenhagen,

2. Case of an American Lady. By Dr AMARIAH Brigham,

3. Case of Mattos Lobo, a Portuguese,

2. Mr Hytche on the Cerebral Development of Conveyancing

Lawyers,

3. Facts relative to Mesmerism. By Mr CHARLES MEYMOTT,

4. Seven cases from the American Phrenological Journal,

5. Case of Hysteria, with extreme acuteness of certain Senses.

Communicated by Sir G. S. MACKENZIE, Bart.,

SECT. III. NOTICES OF Books.

1. The German Phrenological Journal, No. III.,

2. Harwood's Lecture on the object of the Sunday Lectures at
the Beaumont Square Philosophical Institution, London,

3. Sampson's Letter to Dr Forbes on the Treatment of Criminals,

4. Lang on Mesmerism,

5. The British Medical Journals :-

1. The Medico-Chirurgical Review,

2. The Lancet,

3. The Medical Times,

4. The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal,

6. Our Library Table :—

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8

14

18

26

32

33

35

37

38

42-46

47

51

53

58

65

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92

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1. The Zoist, No. III., for October 1843,

2. The Phrenological Almanac, No. III., for 1844,

3. The Phrenological Library: Gall on the Functions of the Brain,

4. Spurzheim's Outlines of Phrenology, Glasgow Edition,

5. The People's Edition of Dr Combe's Physiology applied to

Health and Education,

6. The People's Phrenological Journal, Parts VIII. to XI.,
SECT. IV. INTELLIGENCE, &c.

Proceedings of the Phrenological Association, session of 1843—
Edinburgh- The Phrenological Society versus Dr Robert
Verity-Lectures on Phrenology- Lectures on Mesmero-
Phrenology-Proceedings of the Christian Phrenological So-
ciety Sheffield Phrenological Society-Wolverhampton-
Lancaster Phrenological Society-Jamaica-Death of Dr

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