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A system of phrenology (1839)

Combe, George, 1788-1858 · Boston, Marsh · leaf 71

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ed abstract, are chargeable against myself;for although in general I have followed Mr. Bells own expressions,the arrangement is greatly altered, and, occasionally, sentences ofmy own are introduced. A nerve, says Mr. Bell, is a firm wrhite cord, composed of nerv-ous matter and cellular substance.… … The figure represents a nerve greatly magnified, for the sake ofillustration, and consisting of distinct filaments ; A, the nerve, en-veloped in its membranous sheath; B, one of the threads dissectedout. The nerves in thickness vary from the diameter of a smallthread to that of a whip-cord. They…

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