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passage in a ship in which was a gentleman who travelled toMentz, from whence the dog went to Vienna .
In men, he says, this organ appears to operate variously,but in every case is connected with a disposition to observethe relations of space, and produces a delight and peculiarability in those occupations which depend upon relations.For instance, both Marshal Laudon and General Mack aredistinguished by this organ, and both these Generals aresaid to possess, in an eminent degree, that important partof the duty of a commander-in-chief, which lies in theskilful disposition of troops in the field, the geometry ofwar. It generates the love of travelling: after the Doctorhad formed his opinion of this organ, he was struck bymeeting a woman of low rank in the streets of Vienna , onwhose forehead this organ was so strikingly marked, thathe procured a cast of her head, and inquired of her her wayof life: she informed him that at sixteen she ran away fromMunich to Vienna , where she lived not as a servant at oneplace, for she could not remain in any situation long enough,but went from inn to inn, where her inclination to seechange was best gratified. The portraits and busts of themost eminent travellers and navigators are marked stronglyby this organ. Capt. Cook is said to have been so distin-guished.
The arguments adduced against Dr. Gall’s theories arefew, weak, and groundless, in our opinion. It will be easyto exhibit the futilities of the first, in which the writer ob-jects to his first position, the sense of relief afforded by achange of study. A single question in our turn will settlethis point: and we appeal to the good sense of our readersto answer whether, in fact, it is, or is not so? The secondobjection alleged against it is, the assertion of some one partof the brain having received injury, and the other was notaffected by it. This is a positive fact which has come withinthe cognizance of our own knowledge.
The other arguments we have seen used against it are allequally weak and unavailing. Much, by-the-bye, is saidabout his analogy of comparison; now it strikes us, thathis analogical resemblances are close and just; and indeedso would the writer we comment upon himself have seen,had it answered his views.
It, assuredly, is but fair to give it a chance, to collect ar-guments and instances in its favour, particularly, as it caninjure no one ; and it is probable the cultivation may bebeneficial to some, and particularly in the way of supplyingfacts for improvement in medicinal cures.