Notes of the United States of North America, During a Phrenological Visit in 1898-9-40: Volume 1 Page: 29 of 444
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INTRODUCTION. xxv
Fig. I.
The first figure shewsthe three great Phrenological
divisions of the brain. The line B runs through the
centre of ossification of the parietal bone (the organ
of Cautiousness No. 12 of the marked figure), and terminates
in the centre of ossification of the frontal
bone situated at the point where it touches the line
AA (the organ of Causality, No. 35 in the figure).
The portion above the line B is named the coronal
region, and serves to manifest chiefly the moral sentiments.
The line A corresponds to the posterior lateral
edge of the super-orbitar plate, on which the anterior
lobe of the brain rests. The space before the
line AA indicates the size of the anterior lobe, the
region devoted to the manifestation of the intellectual
faculties. If the space before the lower A be
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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/m1/29/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.