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Elements of phrenology (1850)

Combe, George, 1788-1858 · Edinburgh : Maclachlan, Stewart · leaf 48

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the skull.Between the brain and the skull, there are only the me-ninges, or membranes, that is to say, a vascular membrane,called the pia mater—the arachnoid coat, very thin,—.and the dura mater. The pia mater and dura materresemble moist parchment; the arachnoid coat, whichlies between them, is so… … OF THE SKULL AND THE BRAIN. 35 portion of it is placed in the superior portion of the or-bits, and serves to some extent to determine their forms.A portion of its sides touches the inferior margin of thefrontal bone, as well as the anterior edge of the tempo-ral bone, at the anterior-inferior angle…

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