MfmMi}«M«W«l>j Ul^j ii j i wmmmfmm h>w«ww»«*w»«»»w»*i»wwwc-jy -sxjiL- ^; ^ y'^/>i!^ifi^ ^X of Toronto h^ of i^nr^rr^ of MrJkmnc ii»ittt»jttme |^ritF«««[...]... in the insane, as well also as in alopathic families ; members of enceph- the entire class will be correctly appre- ciated only in time to come Moreover, certain conditions have but a formal signification We do not know the physiologico-psychological value of single facts That a defective, atypically-constructed brain, cannot func- is so evident as to leave no ground for discuswhich we absolutely do... meager development of cerebral-anatomy and physi- ology prevented a universal dissemination of this proposition, and therefore for centuries it remained latent in the conscious- ness of the learned classes The advance of general science, the founding of craniology by Blumenbach, the interest which Gall was able to arouse by his philosophical idealism and pioneering in anatomical studies of the brain... psychological conditions Another important point should be kept in view each case should be judged of from the standpoint of race-type, and its Unfortunately, to the special deviation from such type ; present, there is a lack of material for a comparative cerebro- anatomical study of races I hope that this publication may be a grain in the great sowing, of which the harvest shall be a true knowledge... Normal Type of Cerebral Structure, 17 2 Demarcation of the Occipital Lobe, 23 3 Cerebrum-Covering of the Cerebellum, 4 Of Confluent-Fissure Type, Observations I —XXII, 26 33—138 Recapitulation 1 Statistics of 2 Statistics of Fissure-Communications, 139 Proportions of Cerebrum to Cerebellum, 3 External Orbital- Fissure in Man, 4 Anthropological Law of Kant's Respecting Criminals' Brains, Antinomian... terior ascending lobe (O, Fig It is I) the so-called inter-parietal fissure (ip) (sulcus interparietalis) This fissure is Again tralis) also called the retrocentral fissure {retrocenI also reserve this term, as in the case of the praecentral fissure, for those instances where the radial por- tion of the sulcus interparietalis ascends parallel with the sul- cus centralis to the medial border Plate xii,... along we INTRODUCTION occipital lobe there is of most 21 special note the sulcus occipi- talis horizontalis (ho) A second fissure that extends from the inner surface of each hemisphere to its upper and outer surface is the so-called It is of topographical impor- defines the separation between the central sulcus calloso-marginalis (cm) tance, because it lobe (B) and the parietal lobe (P), guiding point... from comparative cerebral-anatomy, there gyrus a greater degree of independence from the exter- this anteriorly, (external) frontal gyri by a it is frequently separated from the middle fissure described by Wernicke, as \}a.t fissura fronto-marginalis * In the drawing the gyri lingualis and fusiformis appear on the same level with the gyri uncinatus and hippocampi below, the first-named gyri ' As lie the... life.' • The sylvian fissure begins to appear in the 3d fissures of the inner surface — ^to be spoken of later month the parieto-occipitalis (po) appear in the third and fourth calloso-tnarginalis (cm) in the fifth 2 of foetal life The \^&fissura calcarina (cc) and months month (17 )- ; the fissura INTRODUCTION t8 FIG I External Surface of Brain T.=Temporal Lower Frontal Gyri P i, P 2, P 3,=Upper and Anterior,... in this confi- branch studies in spite of the great distrust which they encountered, and to conquer the subjective fear of hopelessly wandering around a source of error ; a fear which must necessarily possess every one who stands isolated with his facts The lion's share of the labor, though, has fallen to the hon- ored investigator who bestowed every possible attention upon the outline-drawings, and... satisfaction that he was tal I among the will doubtless first to be to him discriminate men- and moral chaff from wheat here also give thanks to Willhelm Pacha, student of medi- cine, who, with great pains, aided Vienna, Summer of 1878 me in my labors PREFACE That man thinks, feels, desires, and acts according to the anatomical construction and physiological development of his — was even in olden times