Brain and mind : or, Mental science considered in accordance with the principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology (1895)
Drayton, Henry Shipman, 1840-1923, McNeill, James, 1846-1916 · New York : Fowler & Wells Co., Publishers; London : L.N. Fowler & Co. · leaf 75
y of Ali« 72 BRAIN AND MIND. mentiveness, and where the organ was found diseased afteideath. VITATIVENESS occupies a position behind the ear, nearly correspondingwith Alimentiveness, which is in front of it. Anatomicallythe organ is situated in the third temporal gyrus nearto the mastoid process of… … Fig. at—Vitativbnbss Small. strong desire to live which it gives, it often furnishes apowerful aid in resisting the encroachment of disease,weariness, and suffering. That there is a great difference among men in regard tothe strength of the desire for existence is a matter of com-mon observation.…
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