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astrology, alchemy, hobgoblins, and witches; but we find, from the books before us, that we were mistaken, and that these two monstrosities, unable to stand alone, have entered into the bands of matrimony.— Athenæum, June 29. 1844.

Books Received.-The Medico-Chirurgical Review, British and Foreign Medical Review, and Zoist, for July 1844.-The Medical Times, weekly.-Zeitschrift für Phrenologie, No. IV., Dec. 1843.-Reports of the Directors of the Montrose and Dundee Lunatic Asylums for 1844.M. Chailly's Practical Treatise on Midwifery, translated and edited by G. S. Bedford, M.D. New York, 1844. 8vo, pp. 530.-The Works of W. E. Channing, D.D. Vol. VI., 3d edition. Glasgow: Hedderwick & Son, 1844. Post 8vo, pp. 453.-Spurzheim's Outlines of Phrenology. New edition. Royal 8vo, pp. 24. Glasgow: J. & G. Goyder, 1844.Spurzheim's Sketch of the Natural Laws of Man. Royal 8vo, pp. 34. Glasgow: J. & G. Goyder, 1844.—The Harmony between the Scriptures and Phrenology. By Joseph A. Warne, A.M. 18mo, pp. 26. Glasgow: J. & G. Goyder, 1844.—Man, as a Physical, Moral, Religious, and Intellectual Being, considered Phrenologically. By a Member of the Alloa Phrenological Society. 8vo, pp. 16. Glasgow: J. & G. Goyder, 1844. -An Essay on the Superiority of Moral Force over Physical Force, &c., addressed to the People of Ireland. Dublin, 1843. Pp. 16.

Newspapers Received.-Tyne Mercury, June 25.-Leicester Mercury, June 29.-Wolverhampton Chronicle, July 3.-Manchester Guardian, July 10, 31; Aug. 3.-The Economist, July 13.-Nottingham Review, Aug. 9, 23, 30.-Kilmarnock Journal, August 15; Sept. 5.-Manchester Courier, August 17.-Glasgow Constitutional, Sept. 7.-Glasgow Examiner, Sept. 7.-Glasgow Argus, Sept. 5, 19.-Glasgow Citizen, Sept. 7.

To Correspondents.-The following communications have been received:-Continuation of Mr Cull's paper on Language.-Illustrations of the Functions of the Organ of Size, and a short article on the Scope of Education, by Mr Hytche.-Case of Cerebral Disease, by Dr Kilgour of Aberdeen.-Observations by Mr Prideaux on Mr W. R. Lowe's paper on Phreno-Mesmerism in our July No. (Mr Prideaux says that his intention, in the essay criticised by Mr Lowe, was not to represent volition as adequate to explain all the phenomena of Mesmerism, but to demonstrate that there is no sufficient evidence that those phenomena prove the localities of the organs. His paper is so long that we doubt whether the insertion of the whole of it will be possible).—Several short communications have been received, and shall appear in our next Number.

Communications for the Editor (prepaid) may be addressed to Mr ROBERT COX, 25 Rutland Street, Edinburgh. Books or parcels, too heavy for the post, may be left (free of expense) with the London publishers, Messrs Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., Stationers' Hall Court.Articles intended for the next following Number must always be with the Editor six weeks before the day of publication. Communications for the section of "INTELLIGENCE," and also Advertisements, should be in hand at least a fortnight before the same day. Charges for advertising:-Eight lines, 6s.; twelve lines, 7s. 6d.; every additional line, 6d.; half a page, 14s.; a whole page, 25s. Advertisements may be sent to the publishers in Edinburgh or London.

EDINBURGH, 1st October 1844.

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American Phrenological Journal, 47, Bernini, statue by, 245.

307.-Cases from, 42.

Angelo, Michael, works of, 240.
Anger, its effect on the liver, 197.

Antinous, statue of, 242.

Apollo of the Vatican, 244.
Apparitions, 92, 298, 405.
Arnholz, J. H., 392.

Arnold, Dr F., on Phrenology, 400.
Artists, qualities of, 114.
Arts, fine, 113, 225, 356.
Athenæum, The, on Phrenology and
Mesmerism, 417.

Atkinson, H. G., on the cerebellum,

25, 163-On the head of Lord Eldon,
94-On Phreno-mesmerism, 101-
His claim as to its discovery, 167–
On Mr Prideaux's "Fallacies of
Phreno-magnetism," 287.
Attention, 24, 195.

Austria, Gall's lectures in, 153.

Bacchus, Rubens's picture of, 128.
Bally, Wm., 110-His Phrenological
Exhibition, 210.

Barlow, Dr Edward, biographical
sketch of, 309.

-, Rev. John, on connexion be-
tween physiology and intellectual
philosophy, 198.

Bath Phrenological Society, 310.
Baths for working men, 216.
Bayley, Rev. R. S., 315.

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Bethlem Hospital, 86, 204, 221, 416.
Bile affects the mind, 187, 302.
Blind, apparitions and dreams of the,
93.

Bohemians, Mr Combe's description of
the, 26.

Bossi, cartoon by, 235.

Böttiger, Dr, 153-His remarks and
anecdotes about Dr Gall, 154.
Braid, James, on Phreno-Mesmerism,
18, 77-On colours perceived by
mesmerised persons, 176-On Mes-
merism, 203 Letter from Mr Simp-
son on his theory of phreno-mes-
meric manifestations, 260-Re-
marks by, on Mr Simpson's letter,
359-On clairvoyance, 350.
Brain, case of greater development of
anterior lobe of one hemisphere than
of the other, 42-Mr Guthrie on
injuries of the, 80-Sir A. Crichton
on insanity, as a disease of the, 81-
Its morbid appearances in cases of
insanity, 81, 205, 404, 416-Func-
tions of its cortical and fibrous
parts, 81-Remarkable case of an
idiot in whom the cortical sub-
stance was absent, 82-Mr Combe
on the relation between the size
of its regions, and particular cha-
racters of the body at large, 124,
238 Cases confirmatory of the

proposition that the anterior lobes
are the seat of the intellect, 178-
Exercise of the, 193-Its sympathy
with the stomach, &c., 185, 194, 302
-Effects of its decay, 194-Divi-
sion of, by Theophilus Protospath-
arius, 197-Effects of softening of
the, 199-Flourens on its unity,
200-Cases of change of character
from injury of, 208, 403-Case of
its lesion, where no such change was
obvious, 399-Bad effects of over-
tasking it in childhood, 211-Diffe-
rence of its form in persons whose
occupations employ the intellect in
different degrees, 223-Microscopi-
cal investigation of its structure, 405
-A double organ, 308, 406.
Brande's Dictionary of Science, &c.,
notice of, 190.

Brebner, Mr, on houses of refuge for
juvenile delinquents, 272.
Brigham, Dr, case of homicidal in-
sanity by, 33-On the functions of
the cortical and fibrous parts of the
brain, 82-On the heads of the in-
sane, 176-Cases quoted from, shew-
ing the anterior lobes to be the seat
of intellect, 178.

Brindley, T. B., phreno-magnetic cases
by, 172.

British and Foreign Medical Review,
notices of, 58, 191, 404.

Brodie, Sir B., on contention with
difficulties, 320.

Broussais, Dr, on Language, 147, 148.
Burke, Luke, 97.

Burns, R., dyspepsia of, 187.

Busts, ancient, Mr Combe on, 30. See
Fine Arts.

Butler, Mr, his directions for taking

casts, 251.

Byrne, Messrs, on the Fallacy of Phre-
nology, 400.

Cæsar, Julius, busts of, 31.
Cain, Margaret, case of, 42.
Caldwell, Dr Charles, 52-His work

on Physical Education, 207.
Canova, heads by, 31, 123-His mo-
nument to Pope Clement XIII., 241.
Carpenter, Dr, quoted, 81, 83-On
Mesmerism, 306.

Carus, Dr, on cranioscopy, 215, 408.
Castle, Dr Michael, 29, 399-His lec-
tures in Stuttgardt, 215-His phre-
nological analysis of the character
of Kerner, 296-On a portrait of
Gall, 305.

Casts, phrenological, imperfections of,
246--Machine for taking, 251—Mr
Butler's directions for taking, 251.
Catholicism, 393.

Cerebellum, 201, 404-Excitement of,
by Mesmerism, 101.

Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Li-
terature, notice of, 411.

Change, beneficial effects of, 184.
Cheyne, Dr, on religious insanity, 410.
Childbirth, tending to insanity at, 317.
Children, their skulls less easily in-
jured than those of adults, 80-evils
from their too severe and early
mental exercise, 184, 211-power
of the voice over, 317-Mental fa-
culties of rickety, 88. See Education.
Chimpansé, brain of, 201.
Christ, pictures of, 229, 240.
Christian Phrenological Society, 106.
Clairvoyance, 66, 68, 71, 99, 260, 307,
349, 407.

Cold, how productive of sleep, 335.
Collyer, Dr, 280-Lectures by, 106.
Colouring, organ of, 9, 45, 175, 221,

397.

Colquhoun, Mr, on the deceit of som-
nambulists, 74.

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Combe, Dr A., cheap edition of his
Physiology applied to Health and
Education," 96.

-, George, phrenological obser-
vations in Germany and Italy by,
26-On the application of Phreno-
logy to the Fine Arts, 31, 113, 225,
356-German translations of his
works, 52-On Language, 146--On
the law of copyright, 321.
Comparison, 150.

Concentrativeness, 37, 298.

Conolly, Dr, 109, 395-His lectures at
Hanwell, 415.

Conscientiousness, 375, 377.
Constructiveness, 51, 392.
Contrast, faculty of, 97, 102.
Conveyancers, heads of, 37.

Cookson, Dr, on nonrestraint of luna-
tics, 202.

Copyright, law of, 321.

Cormack, Dr J. R., on tendency to
insanity at childbirth, 317.
Craniometer, 97, 413.

Cretinism, causes and cure of, 318.
Crichton, Sir A., on insanity as a ce-

rebral disease, 81.

Crime, in relation to insanity, 34, 36,
58, 89, 101, 102, 289-Necessity of
houses of refuge for juvenile offen-
ders, 272,

Criminals, heads of, 88-Treatment of,
58, 95-Case of a criminal at Au-
burn, 46.

Cromwell, Oliver, Mr Donovan on the
reputed head of, 365.
Cull, Richard, on the organ named
Language, and its functions, 145-
Letter from, 309.

Cures by faith and other mental ex-
citants, 194, 199.

Curling, Mr, on the cerebellum, 404.

Daubeny, Prof., on Cretinism, 318.
Davey, Dr, on Criminal Insanity, 101
--His appointment in Ceylon, 416.
David, Frère, head of, 154.
Death-bed feelings, 196.
Derby, Mesmerism at, 105.
Deseret, P., 308.

Destructiveness, 32, 389, 392.
Devizes, Phreno-mesmeric experi-
ments in, 306.

Difficulties, contention with, 320.
Digestive organs, their influence on
the mind, 168, 186, 192, 302.
Donovan, C., lectures by, 104, 214,
305-On the reputed head of Oliver
Cromwell, 365.

D'Orbigny, M., on artificially distorted
skulls, 343.

Dove, Mr, 66, et seq.

Dreams, 339-Of Dr Gall, 154.
Dresden, Phrenology in, 313.
Drunkenness easily induced where the
head has been seriously injured by
a blow, 80-How productive of
sleep, 331.

Edinburgh Review on " Phrenological
Ethics," 95.

Medical and Surgical Jour-
nal, notice of, 92.

Phrenological Society, 103
-its suit against Dr Verity, ib.
Education, in relation to cerebral or-
ganization, 16--Evils from inordi-
nate mental exertion in childhood,
184-its effect on the mind, 193—
Mr Turner on its influence on wear
and tear in early life, 211-Mr
Uwins on the application of Mesmer-
ism to, 308-Mr Hytche on school-
flogging, 1-Beaumont Square Phi-
losophical Institution, 53-Proposed
People's College at Nottingham, 315
-Power of the voice over children;
harsh discipline reprobated, 317,
398 Studies should be diversified
and rendered engaging, 184.

Education, Physical, importance of,
189, 319-Dr Caldwell on, 207.
Egyptian races, characters of, 316.
Eldon, Lord, head of, 94.
Elliot, T., lecture by, 106.

Elliotson, Dr, 73, 79, 161—On the in-
fluence of the feelings on the intel-
lect, 94-His address to the Phre-
nological Association, 99.
Emigration and Phrenology, 308.
Engledue, Dr W. C., 158-On a case
of homicidal insanity, 101-On the
law of insanity, 102.
Epithets, 150.

Esquimaux, skulls of, 308.
Ethnology, 17.

Ethnological Society, 109, 314.

Eventuality, 37.

Exercise, mental, 181, 193-Its effects
on the brain, 42, 223.

Expression, natural, of the faculties,
136-In the fine arts, 226----Philoso-
phy of, 228.

Faith, curative effect of, 352.
Fat persons, why prone to sleep, 333.
Fine Arts, Mr Combe on the applica-
tion of Phrenology to the, 113, 225,
356.

Firmness, 374.

Flogging at school, 1.

Flourens on the unity of the brain,
200.

Food, sleep caused by excess of, 333.
Forbes, Dr, on Mesmerism, 407.
Form, faculty of, 299, 397-Beauty
of, 139, 225.

Forman, J. G., case by, 42.

Fossati, Dr, on the heads of criminals,
88.

Foville on the brain, 81.

Fowler, O. S., cases by, 43, 44, 45.
Fox, John James, 306.
France, barbarous state of the law of,
with respect to foreigners, 104.
Franklin, B., changes in the forehead
of, 43.

Galen on the functions of the brain,
heart, and liver, 196.

Gall, Dr, translation of his work on
the functions of the brain, 95, 207
-his opinions about Mesmerism, 99
-Family of, 111-On the organ of
Language, 145-Reliques and anec-
dotes of, 153-On Magnetism, 156
-Portrait of, 304-Correspondence
of, 305.

Garrison, W. A., 108.

Gatis, Mr, on Phrenology, 107.
Genius, temperament of, 115.
German Phrenological Journal, no-
tices of, 51, 307, 392.

Germans, their works on the Fine
Arts, 114.

Germany, Mr Combe's Phrenological
Observations in, 26---Phrenology in,
53, 105, 153, 215, 313.
Gestures, their influence in exciting
the mental faculties, 110.
Gill, George, 315.

Gladiators, forms of, 127--statue of
the Dying Gladiator, 241.
Glasgow Lunatic Asylum, 222.
Good, Dr Mason, on the effect of anger
on the liver, 197.

Goyder, D. G., lectures by, 104, 209,

213.

Gray, B. J., case by, 45.

Greek brain and art, 130.
Gregory, Dr William, on Phreno-Mes-
merism, with cases, 379.
Guggenbühl, Dr, his institution for
the cure of cretinism, 318.
Guthrie on injuries of the brain, 80.
Guy, W. A., notice of his Principles
of Forensic Medicine, 289.

H- -, Isabella, 72, 216.
Hackländer, F. W., 399.
Hall, S. T., new organs said to be dis-
covered by, 8, 163-His lectures on
Phreno-Mesmerism, 105, 306, 414.
Hamilton, Mr, phreno-mesmeric expe-
riments of, 284.
Hannover, Dr, on the structure of the
brain, 405.

Hanwell Asylum, 395-Festival in,

222-Dr Conolly's lectures in, 415.
Harwood, P., on the Beaumont Insti-
tution, 53.

Happiness, its dependence on health,
188.

Head larger in the present generation

than some centuries ago, 83—ave-
rage circumference of well-develop-
ed heads, 370-mode of ascertaining
average national, 413.

Headache simultaneously with mental
excitement, 44, 45, 46, 51, 392.
Health, influence of the intellect and
passions on, 179, 199, 302, 405.
Heart, held by Galen to be the seat of
the passions, 196.

Helmets, larger needed now than for-
merly, 83.

Hercules, statue of, 129.

Hereditary transmission of acquired

intellectual improvement, 83-Of
tendency to suicide, 318..

Hibbert Ware, Dr S., on Phrenology,
212.

Hicks, E. T., 214, 305, 306, 414.
Higham, Thos., death of, 222.
Hirschfeld, Dr, cases by, 51, 392-His
lectures in Berlin, 314.

History, application of Phrenology to,

14.

Holland, Dr G. C., on the influence of
muscular labour on form of head,
223-On the demoralising effects of
indigence, 222.

Homicidal insanity, 32, 90, 101, 102
-Dr Guy on, 296.

Hull, Dr R., on the tendency of some
Calvinistic doctrines, 84.
Hybernation, 334.

Hygiene, 301-Mental, 179, 192, 199.
Hypnotism, Mr Braid on, 18-Letter

from Mr Simpson on, 260-Remarks
by Mr Braid on that Letter, 359.
Hypochondriasis, 192, 199, 223, 302,
405, 410.

Hysteria, with extreme sensibility,
case of, 47.

Hytche, E. J., on school-flogging, 1—
On the cerebral development of con-
veyancing lawyers, 37-on mesmeric
impostors, 202-on the imperfec-
tions of phrenological casts, 246—
His resignation as secretary to a
phrenological class.

Ideality, 12, 298, 351, 376.

Idiocy, cases of, 82, 178, 396-Inva-
riably accompanies a very small
head, 117.

Illuminated Magazine, 208.
Imagination, 351.

Imitation, 207, 298, 397, 405.
Individuality, 298, 391.
Infant schools, 211-212.
Infanticidal mania, 317.
Insane persons, Dr F. Willis on the
treatment of, 86-Amusements of,
86-Size and shape of their heads,
176-Dr Cookson on non-restraint
of, 202-Lunatics in Ireland, 222—
Insane poor in Scotland, 253, 316
--Proportion of males and females
among, 204-Report of Metropoli-
tan Commissioners on, 409-Society
for improving condition of, 417.
Insanity, homicidal, 32, 90, 101, 102
-In relation to crime, 34, 36, 58,
101, 102, 289-Caused by blows on
the head, 80, 81-Evidence of me-

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