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The principles of phrenology (1838)

Smith, Sidney · Edinburgh : William Tait ; London : Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. ... · leaf 73

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possess the organ of Firmness in a high degree of developement, as his powersappeared to indicate a singular endowment of the Bilious Temperament. Whilelecturing at Falkirk, the individual (Miller) was hanged at Stirling, and a cast havingbeen procured, it accordingly turned out that that organ was… … The very word, Sanguine, seems to indicate at once the organ by which the cor-responding Temperament is indicated. An agreeable excitement of the feelings can-not exist without a rapid and healthful play of the blood through the brain, and ahabitual supply of it. Long before Phrenology was known,…

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