The mysteries of human nature explained by a new system of nervous physiology : to which is added, a review of the errors of spiritualism, and instructions for developing or resisting the influence by which subjects and mediums are made (1857)
Grimes, J. Stanley (James Stanley), 1807-1903 · Buffalo : Wanzer · leaf 121
Sylvius. In this dissection, theconvolutions of the island are first removed : beneath the white mat-ter of those gyri, a thin layer of grey substance is met with whichhas been named the claustrum. (Burdach.) If the brain be cutthrough in a plane perpendicular to the surface of the island,… … Figure 31. Island of Riel, according to Foville, as seen whenthe convolutions around the fissures of Sylvius are dissected away,to expose it to view. This is an interesting portion of the brain, asit appears to be the submental germ of both anterior and middlelobes, and is situated between them, in…
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena · Phrenology · Spiritualism
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