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212 PHRENOLOGY.
or friends by name. She was at a loss, too, for the
names of things. Her faculties were unimpaired in
other respects. She occupied herself with calculations
in arithmetic,-the organ of Number was in extreme
activity. After her recovery, she said she had been
troubled with pain in the back of her eyes.
" She or her husband would be very happy to give
you any farther particulars."
Phrenology.-The last three lectures of my course
were devoted to " Physical Education," " Mental
Education," and" The application of Phrenology to
the present condition and future prospects of the
United States." The committee who managed the
arrangements for the lectures solicited my permission
to invite the mayor and aldermen, and other gentlemen
entrusted by law with the management of the
common schools of the city, to these lectures, which
I granted with great pleasure, and many of them attended.
Having observed the unwholesome condition
of the class-rooms, court-rooms, and other places
of public resort in Boston, for want of ventilation, I
called the attention of the audience strongly to the
dependence of the mental faculties on the condition
of the brain for their power of action; to the dependence
of the brain, for its vital properties on the
condition of the blood; and to the dependence of the
blood on the condition of the digestive and respiratory
organs; thus pointing out the direct connection
between sound digestion, pure air, and mental vigour.
I found that even a brief exposition of the
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Combe, George, 1788-1858. Notes of the United States of North America, During a Phrenological Visit in 1898-9-40: Volume 1, book, 1841; Edinburgh, Scotland. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1028/m1/252/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.