Humbugs of New-York: Being a Remonstrance Against Popular Delusion; Whether in Science, Philosophy, Or Religion
The book Humbugs of New-York: Being a Remonstrance Against Popular Delusion; Whether in Science, Philosophy, Or Religion was written by author Loewy, Benno, 1854-1919. Fmo Here you can read free online of Humbugs of New-York: Being a Remonstrance Against Popular Delusion; Whether in Science, Philosophy, Or Religion book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Humbugs of New-York: Being a Remonstrance Against Popular Delusion; Whether in Science, Philosophy, Or Religion a good or bad book?
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In short, if Phrenology were in any sense entitled to belief, in accordance with the economy of nature, the organs should all be double or none, while the science lays down a number of single organs, and others double ; and still worse, there is no provision in nature, as in other cases, for one of these to perform the function of the other when disabled ; and both have been removed by disease, and the function remained unimpaired ! The natural divisions of the brain into the cerebrum, the cere...bellum, and the medulla oblongata, and the equally palpable difference between the cortical and medullary portions, together with the distinct variety of beautiful structures which lie in the base of the cere- brum, are all well defined and cognizable by the anato- mist. But the most powerful microscope has never re- vealed the existence of any one of the localities, or 72 PHRENOLOGY. phrenological " organs" so called, although probably mil- lions of human brains have been dissected for the purpose of finding and establishing them.
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