,,buchanan',s ,,journal ,,of ,,man4 ,,vol4 ,i4 ,,march1 #ahhg4 ,,no4 #b4 ,,contents ,,of ,,journal ,,of ,,man4 ,archtypal ,literature for the future4 ,chapter #a4 ,general ,plan of ,brain1 ,synopsis of ,cerebral ,science ,superficial ,criticisms1 a reply to ,miss ,phelps ,spiritual ,phenomenon1 ,abram ,james1 ,eglinton1 ,spirit writing ,mind reading ,amusement and ,temperance ,,miscellaneous ,,intelligence--,pigmies in ,africa2 ,a ,human ,phenomenon2 ,surviving ,superstition2 ,spiritual test of ,death2 ,a ,jewish ,theological ,seminary2 ,national ,death ,rates2 ,religious ,mediaevalism in ,america2 ,craniology and ,crime2 ,morphiomania in ,france2 ,montana ,bachelors2 ,relief for ,children2 ,the ,land and the ,people2 ,christianity in ,japan2 ,the ,hell ,fire ,business2 ,sam ,jones and ,boston ,theology2 ,psychometry2 ,the ,american ,psychical ,society2 ,progress of ,spiritualism2 ,the ,folly of ,competition2 ,insanities of ,war2 ,the ,sinaloa ,colony2 ,medical ,despotism2 ,mind in ,nature ,physiological ,discoveries in the ,college of ,therapeutics ,business ,department1 ,college of ,therapeutics ,,the ,,archetypal ,,literature ,,for ,,the ,,future4 ,if the science of man1 the being in whom the spiritual and material worlds are fully represented1 and in whom both can be studied in their relations1 has been fully 7though not completely or finally7 developed by the revelation through experiments1 of the functions of the brain1 then from the establishment of anthropology there necessarily begins a literary revolution1 which not only changes all philosophy1 but extends through all the realms of literature4 ,there is no realm which can escape the modifying influence of ideas which are at the basis of all conceptions of man1 of society1 of duty1 of religion1 of art1 of social institutions1 of the healing art1 education1 and government1 and the new light which psychometric illumination throws upon all sciences4 ,the literature of the future will therefore differ widely from the literature of the past1 and millions of volumes which still hold their places on the shelves of libraries will in the next century take their proper place in the mouldering mass which interests the antiquarian alone1--the mouldering mass which universities still cherish1 and which helps to deaden the rising intelligence of the western world4 ,let us1 as ,tennyson says1 ,hope the best1 but hold the ,present ,fatal daughter of the ,past4 ,it is self-evident that the farther back we go for intelligence the deeper we plunge in the darkness of ignorance2 and even though intuitional and moral truths may be found in the old writings1 they belong to a literature imbedded in an ignorance which necessarily darkens all that comes down from such periods4 ,the benumbing influence of antiquity--or rather of that extended period which may be called the ,aristotelian age1 the age in which all philosophic thought was utterly benumbed by the ,greek literature--has not yet passed away4 ,american writers are just beginning to get rid of their absolute subserviency to foreign models in all things1 and in this partial independence they are still subservient to the fundamental philosophic and ethical ideas of the past4 ,the change that is taking place is only in minor matters4 ,even so graceful and able a writer as ,longfellow illustrates fully the truth of these suggestions4 ,mr4 ,charles ,f4 ,johnson1 in a well-written essay on ,longfellow1 ,emerson1 and ,hawthorne1 says3 ,most people feel that national temper is of slow evolution2 that many heterogeneous elements must be fused and blended here2 that we too must have a past1 and that the spirit of our past must be taken up and transmitted before a new type is realized in a new art and a new literature4 ,we can see that ,longfellow was essentially a scholar--a receiver of impressions from books2 that he was like an ,a,eolian harp1 blown upon by many winds1 so that his music was in many regards necessarily a melodious echo of what was 'whispered by world-wandering winds4' ,and we can see1 too1 that he came into ,american literary life just as it was passing from the germ to the plant1 and that every year he became more distinctive4 ,there is nothing profound in this view1 but it expresses well the average thought of the period1--that ,americanism in literature must be the very gradual growth of new circumstances1 experience1 and associations1 which may superficially modify the unbroken mass of thought which has been transplanted from ,europe1 just as vines and flowers take on their modifications in a new soil and climate4 ,far different from this is the view that anthropology gives us4 ,the foreign plant1 it is true1 will gradually change1 but a native plant will ultimately take its place by the law of the survival of the fittest4 ,the exotic must die out1 for it was but a hothouse plant1 reared in universities and cathedrals4 ,the thought1 the science1 the philosophy1 and even the forms of literary expression1 for this continent1 will be those which spring from the bosom of nature1 fresh and strong1 imbued with the spiritual element of immortality1 the element of luminous originality4 ,how and whence is this to come8 ,it will come by the complete emancipation of the ,american mind from the thraldom of the false philosophies1 the false theologies1 and the debasingly narrow conceptions of science which have been transplanted into ,american colleges4 ,when the strong ,american intellect shall realize that in the science of man and in the cultivation of psychometry there is more of enlightenment1 of wisdom1 and of actual knowledge than in all that colleges cherish to-day1 we shall have such a flood of original thought and immensely valuable knowledge as would seem impossible to the literati who now have the public ear4 ,even the narrowest dogmatists of science are beginning to have a glimpse of the nobler knowledge of the future4 ,prof4 ,huxley1 the most dogmatic of ,british sceptics1 has recently said3 ,the growth of science1 not merely of physical science1 but of all science1 means the demonstration of order and natural causation among phenomena which had not previously been brought under those conceptions4 ,nobody who is acquainted with the progress of scientific thinking in every department of human knowledge1 in the course of the last two centuries1 will be disposed to deny that immense provinces have been added to the realm of science1 or to doubt that the next two centuries will be witnesses of a vastly greater annexation4 ,more particularly in the region of the physiology of the nervous system is it justifiable to conclude from the progress that has been made in analyzing the relations between material and psychical phenomena that vast further advances will be made1 and that sooner or later all the so-called spontaneous operations of the mind will have1 not only their relations to one another1 but their relations to physical phenomena1 connected in natural series of causes and effects1 strictly defined4 ,in other words1 while at present we know only the nearer moiety of the chain of causes and effects by which the phenomena we call material give rise to those which we call mental1 hereafter we shall get to the further end of the series4 ,the further end of the series1 however1 is vastly different from anything within the mental range of the distinguished professor1 whose ultra materialism led him to revamp the old ,cartesian doctrine that animals were only machines1 like clocks or mills1 running automatically1 and destitute of sensation1 and intelligence4 ,the science and philosophy of the future will be distinguished by their mastery of the realm of mind1 and the closer approximation of the human to the ,divine1 not only in intelligence1 but in ethics4 ,the ,,journal ,,of ,,man1 as the first periodical organ of the new philosophy1 will attempt gradually to initiate the archetypal forms of thought of the coming period1 in which the disappearance of old philosophy and ethics shall leave room for growth4 ,not that all ethics shall be changed among the civilized races1 for there are simple primary and true conceptions which are universally recognized1 and are embalmed in all religions4 ,yet these few universal ideas are but the rudiments of ethics1 and no more constitute an ethical system worthy of the name1 than the four primary processes of arithmetic constitute a system of mathematical science4 ,the future is to evolve the true ethics1 and therewith the educational system that will bring the true ethics into all spheres of human life4 ,in all past time there has been no ethical system competent to establish a perfectly harmonious social state1 and no system of education competent to lift society to a higher life4 ,education as it has been brightens life with literature and art1 but does not elevate it4 ,the same old element of poverty1 misery1 disease1 crime1 and insanity marches on1 hand in hand with the college and the church1 as it formerly went hand in hand with the hunting and warring barbarians of the forest4 ,and the dull1 blunted conscience of the time1 lulled by the softly solemn platitudes of the pulpit and the soulless system of education1 rebels not against the old social order4 ,in full view of the past twenty-five centuries1 may we not exclaim with ,shakespeare's ,macbeth3 ,to-morrow1 and to-morrow1 and to-morrow ,creeps on this petty pace from day to day1 ,to the last syllable of recorded time2 ,and all our yesterdays have lighted fools ,the dusty way to death4 ,but not to the end of time shall it be4 ,the nineteenth century has seen the glimmering dawn of the true civilization4 ,how it came1 what it is1 and what it is destined to realize1 the ,,journal ,,of ,,man will attempt to show4 ,,synopsis ,,of ,,cerebral ,,science4#a #a ,copyrighted1 #ahhg1 by ,joseph ,rodes ,buchanan4 ,,chapter ,i4 ,,general ,,plan ,,of ,,the ,,brain4 ,the brain the centre of life--,its organs not distinctly separated--,its double functions and degrees of energy--,difficulty of nomenclature1 chiefly basilar--,the pathognomic law--,its application to the brain--,the four cardinal directions and four divisions1 the coronal1 basilar1 anterior1 and occipital--,their effects on the character and constitution--,the method of locating organs--,the four groups--,the law of antagonism--,its certainty and necessity--,difficulty of expressing it--,correspondence of the ,english language and the brain--,its limits--,radiating groups of organs--,contrasts of development4 ,the details of cerebral science will be much more easily understood if we begin with a comprehensive view of the entire plan of the functions and structure4 ,the brain is distinguished from all other organs by being the source of commands which all other organs obey1 and being the immediate seat of the soul1 which has no knowledge of anything occurring in the body1 until a message or impression has reached it through nervous channels4 ,the compression of all the nerves before they enter the cranium and connect with the brain would deprive us of all knowledge of the body1 and of all sensations or perceptions2 and the compression of the brain itself would render us totally unconscious1 as if dead1--incapable of either thought or action4 ,manifestly1 therefore1 all the powers of the soul are lodged in and exercised through the brain2 and as all distinct nerve structures have essentially different functions1 and every different function requires a different structure1 it is obvious that the vast variety of our psychic faculties1 intellectual1 emotional1 sensitive1 passional1 and physiological1 requires a corresponding multiplicity in the nervous apparatus2 and this incalculably great multiplicity we find in the brain4 ,the crude1 mechanical idea that all the organs of the brain should be distinctly marked and separated by membranous walls or obvious changes of structure1 is very unscientific2 for even in the spinal cord1 which is more easily studied1 we do not find such separation between the widely distinct functions of sensibility and motility4 ,their nerve fibres run together undistinguished1 and it is only by the study of pathological changes that we have been able to distinguish the course of the motor fibres1 which to the most careful inspection are indistinguishable from the sensitive4 ,moreover1 the functions of the brain are not like those of the spinal cord1 of a widely distinct and opposite character in adjacent fibres1 but exhibit a gradual variation1 like the blending colors of the rainbow4 ,the sensitive or psychic individual who touches any part of the head and feels an impression of the emotional1 intellectual1 or impulsive function in the subjacent convolution of the brain1 will find the impression gradually changing as he moves his finger along the surface1 until1 after passing half around the cerebrum1 he will feel an influence exactly opposite to that with which he started4 ,as there are many millions of sensitive persons who are capable of receiving these impressions from the brain1 we cannot but wonder at the unanimous indifference 7which some may hereafter call stupidity7 which hinders the medical profession and scientists generally from becoming acquainted with such facts1 which ,i have proclaimed and demonstrated until ,i have grown weary of attempting to instruct wilful ignorance4 ,not only does the nervaura1 direct from the brain convey such impressions of organic action1 but almost any substance held for a few moments in contact with any part of the head will absorb enough of the local nervaura to convey a distinct impression to a sensitive1 similar to that derived directly from the head4 ,although the organs of the brain are thus distinct1 they are not distinct like the spokes of a wheel1 each totally independent of the other and fixed or invariable in its own simple character2 for all organs have double functions1 and a great variety in their degree of manifestation4 ,the double function is psychic and physiological1 or physical4 ,when the action of the brain is confined within the cranium1 its action is purely psychic2 but when its influence passes into the body1 it produces physiological effects4 ,as the brain is the seat of the soul1 its action is essentially and primarily psychic2 but as it is the commander of the body1 and the source of its spiritual vitality1 all its conditions or actions affect the body2 and hence every organ has its dual action1 psychic and physiological4 ,cerebral physiology and sarcognomy explain in detail how the brain and the mental conditions affect the body2 cerebral psychology shows how the brain and soul are correlated4 ,the purpose of this treatise is to show how the brain is correlated with both soul and body1 giving the principal attention to the former4 ,if cerebral organs all have this double function1 it is manifestly exceedingly difficult1 if not impossible1 to find any words competent to express the double functions1 and it will be necessary to adapt our nomenclature to expressing the psychic function1 leaving the physiological to be expressed otherwise4 ,as the basilar organs act more directly upon the body1 their nomenclature will be more suggestive of physiological effects4 ,the organ1 for example1 of alimentiveness or appetite will suggest by its name its relation to the stomach4 ,the difficulty of arranging a satisfactory nomenclature for a certain portion of the brain1 in consequence of the varying energy of organic action1 is very great1 and must be met by using the word which will express in a general manner the organic tendency1 leaving to the intelligence of the reader to imagine the variations of intensity4 ,in the greatest energy of organic action the opposite faculty is entirely overcome1 and the conduct becomes abnormal1 for normal action implies the harmonious co-operation of all parts of the brain4 ,nevertheless1 it is in this abnormal or excessive action that we get the true1 isolated tendency or function in its naked expression4 ,for example1 if we refer to that portion of the brain near the mastoid process1 which in its excessive action produces murder1 we perceive that as murder is an abnormal action1 such a term is not a suitable name for an organ1 as it would convey the impression that every human being has a constant murderous impulse1 and that the faculty is kept inactive when murder is not committed2 from which we might infer that the human constitution is badly planned4 ,still1 it is not to be concealed that murderous violence is the ultimate result of this organ when unrestrained1--that it is the most conspicuous faculty in carnivorous animals1 and alas6 that it has a terrible and at times predominant action in the masculine portion of the human race4 ,throughout the greater part of ancient history the murderous violence of this faculty has been as conspicuous in the human race as in the wild beasts4 ,even to-day1 after centuries of so-called civilization and religion1 no man's life would be safe if not protected by policemen2 and the civilized nations1 with a skilful ferocity1 devote the major part of their governmental revenues to preparations for international homicide as a defence against the murderous impulse in their neighbors1 and to watching or controlling the murderers within their own limits2 whose homicidal propensities1 however1 are not restrained from mutual homicide1 by agreement1 in the warlike form of the duel1 which is considered a proper institution to cultivate a martial spirit and promote the efficiency of the army1--ay1 and even tolerated in the ,german system of education1 provided that life is not actually sacrificed4 ,murder is therefore not an improper term to express the consummate energy of this basilar organ1 if we at the same time understand its gentler manifestations2 and ,dr4 ,gall was a faithful student of nature when he called this faculty the carnivorous instinct1 or disposition to murder1 for that is the way that it exhibits in animals1 and1 unfortunately1 in mankind also4 ,yet as an element of character1 and an organ in the brain1 this faculty needs a more general and comprehensive term than murder to express its ordinary action4 ,it operates as an impelling and modifying influence in our daily life1 giving a certain kind of energy to physical and mental action1 as our fruits have a certain degree of sweetness in their juices which is not due to crystals of sugar1 though if the sweetening element were extracted it would appear in that solid form4 ,thus the violent impulsive energy which appears in our vigorous language1 emphatic gestures1 ultra sentiments1 and threatening expressions1 if it could be isolated from its psychic combination1 would appear in its isolated purity as an impulse to the destruction of life and everything else that stands before us4 ,hence the term ,destructiveness has been very properly applied to this organ by ,spurzheim4 ,yet even this term expresses too much for its average daily action1 and ,violence1 ,impulsiveness1 or ,vehemence would come nearer to expressing its ordinary manifestation4 ,the reader will now perceive that the psychic functions of certain organs can seldom be adequately expressed by one word1 and that three words are required to express fully the moderate1 the active1 and the abnormal manifestations4 ,fortunately1 however1 this difficulty of nomenclature applies only to that portion of the brain which tends to the abnormal4 ,man's nobler faculties belonging to the upper region of the brain are essentially good and normal4 ,the abnormal difficulty does not come into their description4 ,illustration ,its operation is limited to the region lying around the ears1 the basilar region1 the tendency of which is to exhaust the spiritual vitality of the brain in ministering to the body4 ,this will be clearly understood when we understand the fundamental law of all cerebral action1 the law of direction1 or ,,pathognomic ,,law4 ,this law is the grandest generalization of science that was ever conceived4 ,it is the fundamental law of the relations of the two worlds1 the psychic and the physical4 ,the spiritual and material worlds unite in man1 in whom the eternal spirit is combined with a transitory material body1 and the law of their interaction is the law of the universe4 ,in its application to man1 the law is simply this1 that all organs of the brain act in accordance with their position1--in accordance with their pathognomic line1 or line of action1 which is the line of their central fibres1 the tendency of which is toward the surface of the brain1 where they reach the interior of the cranium4 ,it will be a sufficient approximation to the mathematical truth if for the present we say that the pathognomic line may be indicated by a perpendicular to the surface of the cranium where the organ is located4 ,when we establish the pathognomic line1 we establish a perfect criterion of the organic action1 for the action is always in accordance with the line2 and this fundamental law gives a key to all psychology1 and gives it a geometrical simplicity4 ,in accordance with this law1 the frontal or intellectual organs act toward the front1 and maintain our relations with that which is before us4 ,acting in that manner1 they throw out or expend the vital forces1 and exhaust the energies which belong to the posterior part of the brain and posterior part of the body4 ,the posterior half of the brain acts in the opposite direction1 and thus draws in1 acquires1 and energizes4 ,the posterior action impels the body to advance1 as the anterior portion checks our progress and causes us to yield4 ,hence if we erect a perpendicular from the ear1 we shall find all the energetic impelling faculties behind it1 and all that moderates1 checks1 and enlightens before it4 ,thus the occipital development makes a powerful1 domineering1 conquering character1 as the frontal makes a passive1 unselfish1 yielding one4 ,hence all organs in proportion to their energy are located nearer to the posterior region of the brain1 and in proportion to their delicacy or weakness have a more anterior location4 ,illustration ,there are four classes of pathognomic lines1 as there are four aspects of the brain1 which may be represented on a plane surface1 and which are sufficient for this incomplete introductory statement--the anterior and posterior--the superior or upward1 and the inferior or downward4 ,the anterior and posterior tendencies may be separated by the vertical line through the ear4 ,the superior and inferior1 or upward and downward1 may be separated by a nearly horizontal line from the forehead backward1 which nearly coincides with the lateral ventricles that separate the superior and inferior convolutions4 ,the lateral ventricles 7cavities the walls of which are in contact17 are the central region of the brain around which the convolutions are formed4 ,dividing the brain thus into superior and inferior halves1 we find that the major portion of the superior has an upward line which is fully expressed at the upper surface of the brain1 while the lower half has downward lines which are most fully expressed on the basilar surface of the brain1 which is covered by the face and neck4 ,intermediate between these coronal and basilar surfaces are lateral organs which participate in the upward or downward tendency as they approach the highest and lowest surfaces4 ,the tendency of the coronal region is upward1 that of the basilar downward4 ,the latter operates downward upon the body1 rousing the muscles and viscera to activity1 but exhausting the brain and the spiritual life4 ,hence1 while they vitalize the body1 they are the source of all that is sensual1 violent1 beastly1 and criminal1--all that degrades human nature1--when they become the controlling power1 which is an abnormal condition4 ,the coronal organs tend upward2 they withdraw excitement from the body1 quiet the muscles1 and diminish the energy of the appetites and passions1 while they originate all noble and lofty impulses4 ,their tendency is toward heaven1 toward the highest possible condition of humanity1 the performance of every duty1 the enjoyment of happiness and health1 the perfection of love and fidelity4 ,they make the life on earth resemble the life in heaven1 and consequently bring us into sympathy with all holy influences4 ,they make religion a reality1 and produce a character which we cannot but admire and love4 ,their tendency is to draw life upward from the body to the head and the upper part of the chest1 and thereby to energize the soul1 which has its home in the brain1 and which is the essential seat and source of life1 and is in interior connection with the infinite source of life4 ,hence the coronal half of the brain is the home of spiritual life1 the antagonist of disease1 the promoter of longevity1 by which the harmonious love of the upper world is realized on earth1 and that divine quality of the soul which frees it from disease and death is to a limited extent imparted to the human body4 ,the excessive action of the basilar region exhausts the brain1 degrades the soul1 and thereby impairing the fountain of life and health1 introduces disease and death4 ,gluttony1 drunkenness1 sensuality1 passion1 and violent exertion are the processes that exhaust the soul power4 ,excessive and prolonged muscular exertion without rest exhausts the brain4 ,but the normal action of the basilar organs is essential to all the processes of life1 and maintains the union of soul and body4 ,hence their good development is necessary to longevity4 ,on the other hand1 excessive predominance of the coronal region1 although it heightens the spiritual nature1 withdraws life from the body1 and culminates in trance1 ending in death by the ascension of the soul from the body4 ,but so long as the basilar organs have sufficient energy to maintain the connection of the soul with the body1 the most powerful action of the coronal region increases the power of the brain1 the brilliance of the mind1 the perfection of the health1 and the moral greatness and power of the person4 ,these statements are essentially different from the physiological and phrenological ideas heretofore current1 but they are sustained by universal experience1 which recognizes the power of heroism1 hope1 religion1 and love to exalt our powers of endurance and achievement1 whether intellectual or physical2 and they are sustained by the records of pathology1 which show that softening or ulceration of the superior regions of the brain impairs1 paralyzes1 or destroys all our powers4 ,moreover1 all that ,i teach on these subjects is but an expression of the formulated results of many thousand experiments during the last forty-five years4 ,the simplicity and applicability of these pathognomic laws which pervade all psychic phenomena are such that they are easily mastered1 and a single evening devoted to the subject enables my students to locate with approximate correctness nearly all the organs of the brain4 ,the multiplicity of the cerebral organs is somewhat discouraging to a student at first1 but all embarrassment is removed when the simplicity of the ,divine plan is shown4 ,in illustrating these principles1 we take up a number of faculties successively1 and determine by their nature what should be their latitude and longitude upon the map4 ,thus1 for example1 if ,modesty is mentioned1 students would say it should be above the horizontal line1 but not so high as the virtues1 and that it should be not among the energies1 but among the moderating faculties of the front half of the head4 ,hence they usually ascertain its true location4 ,if ,avarice or ,acquisitiveness should be considered1 they would recognize it as entitled to a place below the horizontal line1 and also behind the vertical line1 but neither the lowest nor the most posterior4 ,if ,firmness is mentioned1 they recognize it as entitled to a high place1 but behind the vertical line2 and thus they seldom make any great error in determining the location of an organ4 ,illustration ,if we thus go through the catalogue of psychic powers or qualities1 we observe finally that the organs are grouped as follows2 and this grouping should be impressed upon the memory1 as it is easily learned1 and serves as a basis for the further study of organology4 ,the organs in this drawing are not arranged to show their antagonism1 but antagonism is the most important fundamental principle of cerebral psychology4 ,,the ,,law ,,of ,,antagonism4 ,antagonism or opposition is the universal condition of all that we know4 ,up suggests down2 inward1 outward2 forward1 backward2 advance1 recession2 motion1 rest2 elevation1 degradation2 abundance1 deficiency2 heat1 cold2 light1 darkness2 strength1 weakness4 ,the same antagonism exists in the psychic nature1 as in love1 hate2 hope1 despair2 courage1 cowardice2 pride1 humility1 etc42 and equally in the physiological1 as we see in the action of flexor and extensor muscles1 their antagonism being a necessity4 ,if we had only flexor muscles1 one motion would exhaust the muscular capacity2 when the limb is flexed it can do nothing more2 but when the extensor muscle moves it back1 flexion can be again performed4 ,thus all vital voluntary action is a play of opposing forces1--the existence of one force rendering possible the existence of its opposite4 ,the coronal organs1 carrying the soul above the body1 would bring the end of terrestrial life1 and the basilar organs exhausting the brain would bring to a more disastrous end2 but the joint action of the two1 like that of flexor and extensor muscles1 produces the infinite variety of life1 which moves on like pendulums1 in continual alternation4 ,man would be utterly unfit for the sphere that he occupies1 if he had not the opposite capacities required by innumerable opposite conditions4 ,physiologically1 he requires calorific powers to fit him for cold climates1 and cooling capacities to fit him for the torrid zone4 ,morally1 he requires warlike powers to meet enemies and dangers1 as well as affections for the sphere of domestic love4 ,he requires the conscious intellect to call forth and guide his powers in exertion1 and a faculty for repose and recuperation in sleep4 ,he requires self respect to sustain him in elevated positions1 and humility to fit him for humble duties and positions4 ,we can conceive no faculty which has not its opposite1--no faculty which would not terminate its own operation1 like a flexor muscle1 if there were no antagonist4 ,benevolence would exhaust the purse and be unable to give1 if ,acquisitiveness did not replenish it2 and ,avarice unrestrained would lose all financial capacity in the sordid stupidity of the miser4 ,each faculty alone1 without its antagonist1 carries us to a helpless extreme4 ,the antagonism of faculties is so self evident a law of nature that if ,dr4 ,gall had pre-arranged a psychic philosophy in his mind1 instead of being a simple observer of facts1 he might have given a very different aspect to the science4 ,but he arranged no psychic philosophy1 and he did not carry his observations far enough to lead him into the law of antagonism1 and hence left a rude system1 lacking in the symmetry and completeness necessary to give it the position of a complete philosophy4 ,but while the law of antagonism should control our psychic studies1 it is not always convenient to express this antagonism in our nomenclature1 or to group the functions of all regions of the brain in such a manner that each group or organ shall exactly correspond to an antagonism in another organ2 for in expressing the functions of parts of the brain we are limited by the structure of the ,english language1 and have to make such groups as will be conveniently expressed by familiar ,english words1--the words of a language that has grown up in a confused manner1 and was not organized to express the faculties of sub-divisions of the brain4 ,hence1 for want of a pre-arranged language1 with words of accurate definition and exact antagonism1 we can only approximate a perfect nomenclature1 and must rely more upon description than upon classification and technical terms4 ,technicality1 however1 is to be avoided as far as possible4 ,anthropology may need1 like other new sciences1 new terms for its new ideas1 but the old words of plain ,english express all the very important elements of human nature4 ,to the master of anthropology it is easy to take any word expressive of an element of human character or capacity and show from what convolution1 what group of convolutions1 or what part of a convolution the quality or faculty arises which that word expresses4 ,an evening might be profitably spent with a class of students in tracing ,english words to their cerebral source4 ,in expressing the functions of the brain by nomenclature1 we are entering upon an illimitable science1 and must hold back to keep within the limits of the practicable and useful4 ,the innumerable millions of fibres and ganglion globules in the brain are beyond calculation1 and their varieties of function are beyond all descriptive power4 ,geography does not attempt to describe every square mile of the earth's surface1 nor does astronomy presume to know all the stars4 ,in reference to the brain1 psychic students will hereafter send forth ponderous volumes of descriptive detail1 for which there is no demand at present4 ,i willingly resign that task to my successors4 ,a description which portrays the general character of an inch of convolution1 or of a half inch square of the finer intellectual organs1 is sufficiently minute for the purposes of a student4 ,acting upon these views1 the following catalogue of psychic functions has been prepared1 which is offered now not for the reader's study1 as the multiplicity of detail would be embarrassing1 but merely to give a general conception of the scope of cerebral psychology1 and to show how extensive and apparently intricate a system may1 by proper explanation of its principles1 be made intelligible to all4 ,illustration ,instead of attempting to master this catalogue and the psychic busts which are to be shown hereafter1 the reader should approach the subject by familiarizing himself with the profile grouping here presented1 leaving the catalogue and busts for future exposition4 ,if radiating lines are drawn outward from the ear1 the general character of the groups thus formed is indicated in the drawing4 ,the department marked ,inspiration extends from the median line as shown to the interior of the hemispheres on the median line4 ,the region of the appetites is marked as ,sensual ,selfishness1 the tendency of which is antagonistic to that of the region marked ,duty4 ,,catalogue ,,of ,,cerebral ,,organs4 #a4 ,,intellectual4 ,,understanding4--,intuition1 ,consciousness1 ,foresight1 ,sagacity1 ,judgment1 ,wit1 ,reason1 ,ingenuity1 ,scheming1 ,imagination1 ,invention1 ,composition1 ,calculation1 ,somnolence4 ,,recollection4--,memory 7recent and remote71 ,time1 ,system4 ,,perception4--,clairvoyance1 ,phenomena1 ,form1 ,size1 ,distance1 ,weight1 ,color1 ,light1 ,shade1 ,order1 ,tune1 ,language1 ,sense of ,force1 ,sensibility4 ,,semi-,,intellectual4--,liberality1 ,sympathy1 ,expression1 ,sincerity1 ,humor1 ,pliability1 ,imitation1 ,admiration1 ,spirituality1 ,marvelousness1 ,ideality4 #b4 ,,ethical ,,or ,,moral ,,organs4 ,benevolence1 ,devotion1 ,faith1 ,politeness1 ,friendship1 ,love1 ,hope1 ,kindness or ,philanthropy1 ,religion1 ,patience or ,serenity1 ,integrity or ,conscientiousness1 ,patriotism or ,love of ,country1 ,cheerfulness1 ,energy1 ,fortitude1 ,heroism1 ,health1 ,sanity1 ,caution1 ,sublimity1 ,reverence1 ,modesty4 #c4 ,,social ,,energy4 ,self-respect or ,dignity1 ,self-confidence1 ,love of ,power1 ,ostentation1 ,ambition1 ,business ,energy1 ,adhesiveness1 ,self-sufficiency1 ,playfulness1 ,approbativeness1 ,oratory1 ,honor1 ,magnanimity1 ,repose1 ,chastity1 ,coolness4 #d4 ,,selfish ,,forces4 ,arrogance1 ,familiarity1 ,fascination1 ,command1 ,dogmatism1 ,combativeness1 ,aggressiveness1 ,secretiveness1 ,avarice1 ,stolidity1 ,force1 ,rivalry1 ,profligacy1 or ,lawless ,impulse1 ,irritability1 ,baseness1 ,destructiveness1 ,hatred1 ,disgust1 ,animalism1 ,turbulence1 ,virility4 #e4 ,,sensitive ,,and ,,enfeebling ,,elements4 ,interior ,sensibility or ,disease1 ,appetite1 ,relaxation1 ,melancholy or ,sullenness1 ,insanity1 ,idiocy1 ,rashness and ,carelessness1 ,expression4 ,the reader should be careful not to attach too much importance to classification or nomenclature4 ,the special descriptions of organs are necessary to a correct understanding4 ,,contrasts ,,of ,,development ,the contrast of intellectual development is seen in comparing the world-renowned philosopher ,humboldt and the idiot figured by ,spurzheim4 ,the contrast of coronal and basilar development is seen in comparing the benevolent negro ,eustace1 who received the ,monthyon prize for virtue in ,france with the skull of the cannibal ,carib1 as figured by ,lawrence4 ,as to the coronal or upward development of the brain1 there is always a great contrast between untamable wild animals1 such as the lion and the eagle1 and those of gentle and lovely nature1 such as the gazelle and the dove4 ,illustration3 ,,humboldt ,,idiot ,,eustace ,,carib ,,gazelle ,,lion ,,dove ,,eagle ,,superficial ,,criticism4 ,a ,,response ,,to ,,miss ,,elizabeth ,,stuart ,,phelps4 ,the publication in the ,chicago ,inter-,ocean of two columns of sharp criticism on the spiritual movement by ,miss ,phelps1 which were widely republished1 induced the editor to send the following reply to the ,inter-,ocean1 which was duly published4 ,,boston1 ,,mass41 ,jan4 #bc4 ,the rhetorically eloquent essay of ,elizabeth ,stuart ,phelps on spiritualism has been read by the undersigned with that peculiar pleasure with which we witness an intellectual or psychic tour de force which produces singular results4 ,it is quite an able production1 for the ability of an advocate is measured by his capacity to make that which is obviously absurd appear quite rational1 and to give to that which is intrinsically small or mean an air of refined dignity4 ,divested of its dignified and delusive rhetoric1 what does the lady say or mean in plain1 homely ,english8 ,she says that cultivated thought has a slippery surface on which spiritualism has made a clutch1 and that it has lately made an encroachment upon scientific attention1 so that psychical societies of distinguished men are busying themselves2 also that spiritualism must be made subject to the laws of common sense and controlled by common integrity1 and if this truth is at last materializing before the consciousness of the believers in spiritualistic phenomena some good may come of it4 ,that a certain style of cultivated thought familiar in ,boston has a slippery surface on which neither religion nor philosophy makes much impression1 cannot be denied1 and that it is only lately 7as she says7 that psychical societies of more or less distinguished men have allowed spiritual science to encroach on their attention1 is very true4 ,it has always been so4 ,societies of distinguished men have always been behind the progress of undistinguished men4 ,neither ,harvey nor ,galvani was honored by societies of distinguished men until the slippery surface of their cultivated thought was clutched and crushed by the power of a widely diffused truth4 ,as a general rule1 the last place in which to find the foremost thought of the age is in the societies of distinguished men1 whether they be politicians1 theologians1 or scientists4 ,hence it is that phenomena as old as history itself and of late as thoroughly investigated as any branch of positive science have just begun to encroach upon the attention of the societies to which the lady desires us to surrender our judgment4 ,no doubt they have resisted such encroachments as long as decency would permit1 and some very able writers think a great deal longer4 ,as to the insinuation that believers in spiritualistic phenomena have only of late begun to appreciate common sense and common honesty1 when these believers count by millions1 and include many more eminent men than her infallible psychic societies1 the lady has permission to withdraw the charge1 for it is obviously only the lapsus linguae of a too fluent tongue4 ,again she says3 ,which of us would not lay down life itself to know that he had spoken yesterday with the darling of our souls dead years ago8 ,not one of you6 ,the expression is rather hysterical in its intensity4 ,the majority of your ultra-sceptical class would not even spend a day or an hour in the pursuit1 for you have neglected the opportunities which have been open to all the world4 ,you might have held a pair of slates in your own hands1 secured in any manner1 with no pencil between them2 might have heard the writing in progress1 then opened them and recognized the message of your own darling--perhaps the handwriting also4 ,thousands of modest1 honest seekers of truth have done these things4 ,but the ,pharisees who talk of heaven and then fly from its approach have religiously shunned them2 that is the way they express it1 and you are their apologist4 ,but what is your apology8 ,you give a graphic description of a cheap style of dishonest mediumship with vulgar surroundings1 in which1 nevertheless1 there are wonderful revelations1 the golden thread of a truth that is worth having1 and you suggest that the truth must now be garnered by a psychical research society1 intimating that if they do not garner it1 it will cease to be recognized as truth1 and that the mediums must bring it all to them for sanction1 or cease to be respected by honorable people4 ,was ever a more unfair and delusive statement made by a hired attorney8 ,the grandeur of the theme has not inspired a spirit of fairness or justice4 ,the question lies between the eternal and holy verities of spiritual science or religious science and the conscience of the inquirer4 ,the poor1 illiterate1 and obscure people who exhibit for a living whatever capacity they may have1 have nothing to do with it4 ,would our lady critic select a cheap sign painter to represent the beauty and glory of art1 or the exhibitors of laughing gas to illustrate the science of ,sir ,humphrey ,davy1 or the performances of an illiterate quack to illustrate the dignity of the medical profession8 ,is our critic so profoundly ignorant of the progress of psychic science as to think such representations fair or allowable8 ,a science is represented by its leaders1 its authors1 its teachers1 not its camp followers4 ,examine the writings of ,alfred ,russell ,wallace1 ,professor ,crookes of ,london1 ,epes ,sargent1 ,william ,howitt1 ,professor ,hare--of ,swedenborg1 ,kerner1 ,ennemoser1 ,du ,prel1 ,hellenbach1 ,fichte1 ,varley1 ,ashburner1 ,flammarion1 ,aksakoff1 and a score of others of the highest rank1 and criticize if you can the magnificent philosophy of these and of many an ancient writer4 ,consider the well attested facts and sublime religion that you will find in them1 and observe that the facts are a hundred times better attested and a thousand times more critically observed than any of those upon which the world's great religions rest1 before which our critic reverently bows4 ,,note4--,rev4 ,henry ,ward ,beecher is reported to have said in #ahfj3 ,the physiology1 the anthropology of the ,bible1 is highly odic1 and must be studied as such4 ,as such it will be found to harmonize with the general principles of human experience in such matters in all ages4 ,if a theory be adopted everywhere else but in the ,bible1 excluding spiritual intervention in toto1 and accounting for everything physically1 then will the covers of the ,bible prove but pasteboard barriers4 ,such a theory will sweep its way through the ,bible and its authority1 and its inspirations will be annihilated4 ,on the other hand1 if the theory of spiritual intervention be accepted in the ,bible1 it cannot be shut up there1 but must sweep its way through the wide domain of 'popular superstitions1' as they are called1 separating the element of truth on which they are based1 and asserting its own authoritative supremacy4 ,then if you must for a partisan purpose ignore all this1 and select obscure people to represent the other side of the question1 it would be very easy to find mediumship of a pure and honorable character--mediums whom no one visits without carrying away a sweet1 refining influence1 a stronger faith1 and a brighter realization of heavenly truths4 ,and there are mediums1 too1 from whose lips distil a lofty eloquence and a remarkable wisdom upon any or all subjects proposed1 with a flow of extemporaneous poetry or of heavenly music which has never been equaled under such circumstances by uninspired mortals4 ,but1 forsooth1 they must come to a psychic society that the world may learn from their papal infallibility if anything exists at all worthy of notice4 ,this is indeed seriously proposed6 ,well1 if a group of clergymen in synod assembled should summon all geologists and astronomers to come before them and show if there was anything in their scientific teachings1 their heretical1 astronomical1 and geological doctrines1 would any one have responded to the presumptuous demand8 ,would ,airy1 ,lyell1 ,miller1 ,darwin1 or the poorest country school master have taken any notice of such a demand8 ,the majority of the ,american ,psychical ,research ,society know vastly less of psychic science than clergymen know of geology and astronomy4 ,they have been not inquirers1 but obstructionists1 assailing those who dare to inquire1 and the subject1 as their friend says1 has only lately encroached on their attention4 ,the admirable scientific experiments of ,professor ,hare and ,professor ,crookes have long since settled the questions which they now propose to take up1 and when1 over forty years ago1 ,i published in my ,,journal ,,of ,,man the incontestable facts then established1 and gave their rationale1 the psychic researchers of to-day were as ignorant as sucking babes of the whole subject4 ,this ignorance is the very raison d'etre of the society4 ,they don't know if there is anything to be discovered1 and they propose to look out4 ,their failure so far is considered by ,colonel ,higginson a proof of their superior wisdom1 which means that they are looking for a mare's nest1 and have shown their wisdom by not finding it6 ,let those who are seeking to enter the freshman class in psychic science assume a little appearance of modesty1 and not attempt to set themselves above the old graduates and professors of the university1 at which they have heretofore been throwing stones like an unrestrained mob4 ,this is plain speech1 but it is just4 ,let them begin their operations by an act of justice--by building a monument to ,professor ,hare1 the noblest of ,american scientists1 and the object of their persecution4 ,the time has come1 says our lady critic1 for mystery to work hand in hand with scientific study or to lay aside its claims to scientific respect4 ,very true1 very true1 indeed1 except your chronology2 the time has long since gone by4 ,science has grappled with mystery long since4 ,i can point out1 if you wish to see it1 the very anatomical structures1 the special fibres in connection with which the spiritual phenomena are developed4 ,the modus operandi is understood1 and the facts have been known some thirty1 some a hundred1 some several thousand years4 ,among advanced thinkers psychic science is no more a debatable question than the rotundity of the earth or the principles of astronomy4 ,finally1 dear1 eloquent lady1 your exhortations in behalf of honesty are very admirable1 indeed1 and would be much more admirable if the exhortation itself were more fair and honest--if you did not seem to sprinkle the reproach of dishonesty over multitudes of honest people more gifted than yourself1 with the power to find and clasp the holiest truths4 ,if the inferior and less honorable class of mediums are now before the public1 why is it8 ,it is due solely1 dear lady1 to such people as yourself and your psychic society men1 and fellows of a baser sort1 who follow your lead--to those whose censorious and sometimes scurrilous hostility against spiritual phenomena has driven into retirement or kept in concealment the most beautiful and holy phenomena that were ever known on earth4 ,angels do not confront the hissing mob4 ,but their visits to-day are neither few nor far between4 ,in every bower of perfect spiritual purity they come4 ,let but this brutal opposition of men and fluent scorn of women cease1 and the universal air will be fragrant as the spiritual beauty now hidden shall become a part of our social life1 and even the fastidious ,miss ,phelps will be satisfied and delighted4 ,,note4--,miss ,phelps1 if she had due respect for her grandfather1 the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,phelps of ,stratford1 ,conn41 ought to be an earnest champion of spiritualism1 for it was at his house that the most wonderful phenomena were realized1 when invisible spirits carried on their pranks with the furniture like human beings4 ,dr4 ,phelps was a thorough spiritualist1 and introduced the spiritual doctrine into his sermons1 though exercising the worldly wisdom of not using the word spiritualism4 ,,spiritual ,,phenomena4 ,,abram ,,james--,,man ,,and ,,medium4 ,it was in the summer of #ahfc that ,i first met this marvelous medium1 one of the very best in the way of intellectual development that ,i ever saw4 ,james was born in ,pennsylvania1 of ,quaker parentage4 ,he inherited the simplicity1 candor1 and truthfulness of the sect4 ,he had absolutely no guile in his nature4 ,he had had but six months' common school education1 but1 possessing considerable natural ability1 he had to some degree remedied his deficiencies in this particular4 ,he wrote a fair hand1 spelled well and conversed with some facility on ordinary topics1 but was absolutely ignorant of any language but his native ,english1 and had no knowledge whatever of scientific subjects2 this ,i know to be a fact4 ,james was above the medium height1 very thin and spare1 blonde complexion1 light hair and blue eyes--a natural negative organization4 ,when ,i first made his acquaintance he was employed in the yards of one of the railroad companies in ,chicago1 making up trains1 or some employment of that character4 ,of ,james's original development as a medium ,i know nothing1 as ,i first knew him in his abnormal character1 in which he was truly marvelous1 being perfectly familiar with all languages1 living and dead1 and with all subjects--religion1 science1 philosophy1 and ethics4 ,i have heard this man speak and deliver long discourses in ,german1 ,spanish1 ,italian1 ,french1 ,latin1 ,greek1 and other tongues which ,i did not know4 ,i have taken scholarly linguists in his presence and to them he demonstrated that he spoke in foreign tongues4 ,i have heard him deliver lectures on a great variety of scientific subjects1--on political economy1 theology1 and natural philosophy4 ,his thought and method of treatment were of the very highest types of intellectual ability4 ,of course ,james did not profess to do this of himself2 he was in fact1 wholly unconscious of doing anything4 ,when entranced1 the controlling spirit would say1 for example3 ,the ,baron von ,humboldt will address you this afternoon on the ,cosmos4 ,then in a discourse or lecture of an hour's duration he would give a condensed history of the origin and development of the world4 ,i remember on one occasion he took up the nebular or ,la ,place theory1 adopted it as the true one1 and traced the rise and progress of the earth through the evolution of matter to its present condition1 in a most comprehensive and masterly manner4 ,at another time it was said3 ,john ,quincy ,adams will speak to you to-day on the political condition of your country1 and with all the grace1 dignity1 and eloquence of the famous old ,senator from ,massachusetts when addressing the ,senate of the ,united ,states1 this medium delivered a speech of which ,adams himself would not have been ashamed4 ,it was in the war times1 and fully embodied the sentiments which we know were predominant in ,mr4 ,adams's mind--the permanency of the ,union and liberty for the slave4 ,it was before the emancipation proclamation1 but the speaker assured his hearers that the day was close at hand when the oppressed and abused slave should walk out in freedom before all the world4 ,i remember one very remarkable occurrence4 ,james was entranced by the spirit of ,michael ,angelo1 and a lady medium present was controlled by ,raphael1 and these two1 partly in ,italian and partly in ,english1 discoursed upon art1 painting1 architecture1 and sculpture in a manner calculated to produce a lasting impression upon the minds of those who were so fortunate as to be witnesses of the scene4 ,the spirits were evidently fearful of losing control of the medium1 and in their hasty desire to speak constantly interrupted each other1 but they referred to the great works in which they had been engaged while on the earth1 and the monuments they had left behind them4 ,i remember ,raphael particularly speaking of his last great painting of the ,transfiguration1 which he declared he had left in an unfinished condition in ,rome1 and which he desired to complete if he only had the opportunity4 ,i regret that ,i am not able at this distant time to give full details of these1 their marvelous revelations4 ,i had shorthand notes taken which were afterwards written out1 but unfortunately they were all destroyed in the great ,chicago fire1 in #ahga4 ,james was also a drawing medium1 and as such he executed many fine pictures4 ,his method of work in this direction was quite beyond the capacity of any human being4 ,he operated with six pencils1 three in each hand1 each pencil doing a separate part of the work at the same time2 the consequent rapidity of execution was something wonderful4 ,james once drew a colossal picture of ,lincoln1 which measured seven and one half feet in length4 ,the sheet of paper was laid upon the floor1 and upon it1 without any outline or measurements1 he first made an eye1 and then in its proper relative position a boot4 ,when the outlines were completed1 these came into their proper places4 ,the picture was a fair likeness of ,lincoln1 and represented him in the act of reading the emancipation proclamation4 ,the pictorial heading of your paper1 with its name in the letters as they now stand1 ,,religio-,,philosophical ,,journal1 all finished and complete as it is1 was done by ,james in the manner above stated4 ,the engraver who reproduced it has not altered one line or mark2 yet this man in his natural condition could not draw the outline of a barn4 ,james located the first artesian well which was bored in ,chicago4 ,he declared by his clairvoyant sight that a stream of water could be found many hundreds of feet beneath the surface4 ,the boring was done and the water found1 and this well was the originator of the numerous other wells which now supply our parks and factories4 ,james afterward went to the oil regions of ,pennsylvania1 where he was successful in locating productive oil wells4 ,since #ahfi1 ,i have lost sight of him1 but wherever he may be he is a marvelous1 intellectual medium1 and as honest and truthful as the sunlight4 ,,geo4 ,a4 ,,shufeldt1 ,religio-,philosophical ,journal4 ,,mr4 ,,eglinton',s ,,mediumship4--,a correspondent of the ,london ,medium describes an interview with ,mr4 ,eglinton1 in which the following occurred4 ,they are not extraordinary to those familiar with spiritual facts4 ,i have held a slate in my own hand in the presence of a medium1 and received messages on the slate in which every letter was written in double marks1 as if written with two different colored pencils1 although no pencil was furnished or seen4 ,three small pieces of writing-pencil--green1 red1 and white--were put upon the perfectly clean school slate1 and placed under the table as before1 with this difference3 that ,g4's left hand held the slate with ,mr4 ,eglinton1 his left being above the table4 ,the slate was now thoroughly rolled about so as to completely displace the pieces of pencil from their previous relations4 ,g4 asked aloud that #bjj might be put down in red2 ,i called for #fi in green2 and ,mr4 ,eglinton requested that they be added up in white4 ,upon examining the slate1 this was found correctly executed4 ,i then took a book at random from a case containing perhaps #cjj or #djj volumes4 ,g4 wrote down upon the school slate the number of a page1 a line1 and of a word1 which she desired to be transcribed4 ,the slate was turned over1 and ,i placed the book1 which had not been opened1 across it1 resting upon the frame4 ,under the book ,i placed a morsel of pencil4 ,the slate1 with the book upon it1 was then passed under and pressed against the table-top as before4 ,no one but ,g4 was cognizant of what she had written1 and1 of course1 as the book was never out of my possession from the time ,i took it from its fellows in the case until it was placed with the slate under the table-top1 there was no possibility of its pages being scanned4 ,the sound of writing soon occurred1 and upon its ceasing we examined the slate1 when we found ',p4 #g1 ,l4 #ah1 ,w4 #f1 ,llanwrst4' ,the other side of the slate contained ',p4 #g1 ,l4 #ah1 ,w4 #f1' as written by ,g4 ,i now and for the first time opened the book1 which was ',the ,irish ,educational ,guide and ,scholastic ,directory1' for #ahhc and #ahhd1 published by ,john ,mara1 #ag ,crow ,street1 ,dublin2 and upon turning to page #g1 line #ah1 and word #f1 the word there printed was ',llanwrst4' ,,spirit ,,writing4--,the world is full of spiritual phenomena which are suppressed or concealed in consequence of the prejudices instilled into all minds by education and perpetuated by the dogmatism of the college1 the pulpit1 the press1 and the votaries of ,mammon4 ,the ,st4 ,louis ,globe gives a recent example1 as follows3 ,i have known of a great many astonishing things that ,i can account for in no other way than by supposing that they were brought about by some influence outside of human agency said a believer in ,spiritualism the other day to a ,st4 ,louis ,globe reporter4 ,i know a lady--a church member--who makes no pretensions as a fortune teller1 clairvoyant1 or medium1 and who would indignantly resent being called a ,spiritualist4 ,this lady takes a pencil in her hand and writes rapidly and legibly1 with her arm extended1 without looking at the paper or pencil1 and gazing in an opposite direction from the work4 ,and this is done in a way that shows no control of her arms in the operation4 ,she writes answers to questions she could not possibly have any knowledge of in a correct and thoroughly truthful way4 ,even when she is separated from the questioner by a closed door she readily writes out the correct answer to a mental question with no effort of her own4 ,this woman could not be induced to do so for any compensation4 ,i have seen all the performances of the mediums in the way of musical instruments floating around the room in the air1 but these are open to doubt4 ,in the case of the lady ,i speak of1 all is done by daylight without any thought of compensation or notoriety4 ,it is a natural endowment1 a spiritual control1 an unseen influence1 and a power outside of our ability to account for4 ,,mind-,,reading ,,amusement4 ,,to ,,the ,,editor ,,of ,,the ,,transcript3 ,this amusement may possibly help to attract the indifferent public toward the higher branches of science1 which are so much neglected4 ,probably not one in a thousand of those who are attracted to this subject by curiosity has given any attention to that department of science to which mind-reading belongs4 ,americans are not distinguished for reverence4 ,they often rush into the consideration and discussion of subjects with which they have no familiarity1 without pausing to learn whether any investigations have already been made4 ,in matters of mechanical invention attempts are continually making to achieve what investigation has proved impossible1 and a great deal of labor and money are wasted in finding by costly experience what is already known1 and might have been learned by an hour's attention to recorded science4 ,the dabbler in science and invention often fancies himself a discoverer1 asserts his claims1 and receives recognition from those who are still more ignorant of the subject than himself4 ,under this head come the performances of ,mr4 ,bishop and other sciolists who are exercising similar powers with similar success4 ,a little knowledge is a dangerous thing1 said ,pope2 for the sciolist is continually blundering in the false and superficial theories which belong to the first stage of investigation1 through which the patient student of nature has made his way to a full understanding of the subject4 ,the sympathetic transference of thought from one mind to another1 and the acquisition of knowledge of things either present or remote1 without the aid of the external senses1 are phenomena known as far back as history has any records4 ,such phenomena are wonderful and mysterious1 but not more so than the generation of animal life or the appearance of a rainbow in the sky--subjects from which science has removed much of the mystery4 ,trans-corporeal or non-sensual perception has also been investigated1 its laws established1 its anatomical and physiological foundation explained1 its range of power determined1 its vast powers and utilities illustrated1 and its method of development and culture made known4 ,but of all this the mind-reading sciolists know nothing and have not attempted to learn anything4 ,they are attitudinizing on the outer steps of the temple of science1 before the gazing multitude1 instead of penetrating the interior of the temple1 where the multitude do not follow4 ,the exhibiting mind-readers start with the assumption that matter does all1 and that the ample literature in which the powers of the soul are recorded1 demonstrated1 and explained is unworthy of notice4 ,thus they place themselves in sympathy with the prevalent ignorance on such subjects1 and the dogmatism of a certain class of scientists4 ,the dogmatism of this hypothesis cannot be maintained by any careful and conscientious inquirer1 who knows how to conduct an investigation4 ,when the psychic faculties are well developed1 as they certainly are in ,mr4 ,bishop1 the inquirer cannot fail to realize that ideas are developed by transference in the mind without the slightest opportunity of being instructed by muscular movements4 ,hence ,mr4 ,bishop finally admits the direct transference of thought from mind to mind2 but instead of presenting it boldly as a positive and thousand times demonstrated act1 he still leans upon the letter of ,dr4 ,carpenter1 which represents him as learning the thoughts of others1 by careful study of the indications unconsciously given by the subject4 ,he confesses that he once stood upon the strictly material hypothesis1 from which he has advanced to the psychic doctrine he now maintains1 and adds1 ,where ,i am may be only a stopping1 not an abiding1 place4 ,very true2 the remark is honorable to his candor4 ,he should advance a great deal farther2 but he would not have stopped at either position if he had taken pains to learn what was already known and published a quarter of a century1 or even what was known several centuries1 before he began4 ,if he would even now read ,professor ,gregory's ,letters on ,animal ,magnetism and the ,manual of ,psychometry1 published in ,boston1 he might make a new departure1 might understand the vast extent of his own powers1 which he has not yet developed1 and show to those whom he has already astonished that there is much more in the mysteries of earth and heaven than their mechanical philosophy has even suspected4 ,drink deep1 or taste not the ,pierian spring1 was the suggestion of ,pope2 and if ,mr4 ,bishop or any of those who have been sipping at this fountain of knowledge would call upon me 7at #f ,james ,street1 ,franklin ,square7 ,i would take pleasure in showing them the unsuspected extent of their own powers1 and showing how thoroughly the questions they are interested in were investigated over forty years ago1 to scatter the mystery and bring the wonderful and almost incredible powers of the mind into correlation with biology and anatomy4 ,i might show them1 too1 that mind-readers are not such extraordinary persons as they are commonly supposed4 ,there are many millions in the world who can exercise the class of faculties to which mind-reading belongs--a class of faculties long neglected by superficial scientists1 from the cultivation of which more may be expected for the future intellectual progress of mankind than from anything else now known to the universities4 ,i mean no disrespect in styling ,mr4 ,bishop a sciolist 7or undeveloped scientist74 ,that very sciolism brought him into sympathy with ,dr4 ,carpenter and other distinguished gentlemen who would not have listened to him if he had come in any nobler manner1 and enabled him to open their eyes4 ,perhaps if he will take another step in advance he can lead the majority of his pupils to a higher position1 and thus render a signal service to society4 ,i hope he will have the candor and courage to advance far beyond his present position4 ,,jos4 ,,rodes ,,buchanan4 ,since ,mr4 ,bishop's exhibitions have been so successful and profitable1 several others have repeated his performances of telling the number of a bank note1 finding hidden articles1 and going through any performance that was enacted during his absence from the hall4 ,mr4 ,montague1 an editor of the ,globe1 ,mr4 ,george1 ,mr4 ,wilder1 and several others have shown the same powers4 ,a dispatch from ,st4 ,john1 ,new ,brunswick1 to the ,herald describes a remarkable performance at that place as follows3 ,,st4 ,,john1 ,n4 ,b41 ,jan4 #ag1 #ahhg4 ,in a 'mind reading' performance ,saturday night1 after several examples indoors1 the 'reader1' a young man who belongs to this city1 asked for an outdoor test4 ,the party separated1 one remaining with the reader1 and hid a pin in the side of a little house used by the switchman of the ,new ,brunswick railway at ,mill ,street4 ,in their travels they went over the new railway trestle1 a most difficult journey4 ,the reader was blindfolded1 and one took his wrist1 but at the trestle hesitated1 fearing to venture1 and was told by the reader to let go his wrist and place his hand on his head4 ,the subject did so1 and the reader went upon the trestle4 ,some of the party suggested that the bandage should be removed1 but he told them not to mind1 and1 the subject again taking his wrist1 he went on over the icy and snow-covered sleepers4 ,with a firm step he crossed to the long wharf1 went over as far as the mill gates1 then quickly turned1 retraced his steps and went back to the corner of ,mill ,street4 ,here he rested a moment1 then again took the subject's hand1 and in less than five minutes afterward found the pin4 ,at the conclusion of the test1 the reader inquired what the matter had been when they first reached the trestle4 ,it was easily explained4 ,the storm had covered the sleepers with snow1 and it was thought dangerous even for a man not blindfolded to cross them4 ,the subject felt anxious for the reader's safety1 and hesitated about going across4 ,the tests were most satisfactory4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,temperance4--,there has not been a liquor saloon in ,hancock ,county1 ,w4 ,va41 for forty years4 ,this accounts for the fact that there is not a prisoner in the county jail1 and the grand jury failed to find a single indictment4 ,,miscellaneous ,,intelligence4 ,,pigmies4--,a while ago1 says the ,sun1 ,mr4 ,grenfell of the ,congo ,mission encountered on the ,bosari ,river1 south of the ,congo1 the ,batwa dwarfs whom ,stanley mentions in ,the ,dark ,continent1 though ,stanley did not see them4 ,grenfell says these little people exist over a large extent of country1 their villages being scattered here and there among other tribes4 ,wissmann and ,pogge also met them a few years ago in their journey to ,nyangwe4 ,it was long supposed that the story of ,herodotus about the pigmies of ,africa was mythical1 but within the past twenty years abundant evidence has accumulated of the existence of a number of tribes of curious little folks in equatorial ,africa4 ,the chief among these tribes are the ,akka1 whom ,schweinfurth found northwest of ,albert ,nyassa2 the ,obongo1 discovered by ,du,chaillu in west ,africa1 southwest of ,gaboon2 and the ,batwa1 south of ,congo4 ,these little people range in height from #d feet #b inches to about #d feet #h inches4 ,they are intellectually as well as physically inferior to the other tribes of ,africa4 ,they are perhaps nearer the brute kingdom than any other human beings4 ,the ,obongo1 for instance1 wear no semblance of clothing3 make no huts except to bend over and fasten to the ground the tops of three or four young trees1 which they cover with leaves2 possess no arts except the making of bows and arrows1 and do not till the soil4 ,they live on the smaller game of the forest and on nuts and berries4 ,they regard the leopard1 which now and then makes a meal of one of them1 as their deadliest enemy4 ,they live only a few days or weeks in one place4 ,when ,schweinfurth first met the ,akka dwarfs he found himself surrounded by what he supposed was a crowd of impudent boys4 ,there were several hundred of them1 and he soon found that they were veritable dwarfs1 and that their tribe probably numbered several thousand souls4 ,one of these dwarfs was taken to ,italy a few years ago1 was taught to read1 and excited much interest among scientific men4 ,there are other tribes of dwarfs in ,abyssinia and also in ,somaliland4 ,it is believed that all these people1 including the ,bushmen of ,south ,africa1 are the remains of an aboriginal population that is now becoming extinct4 ,in the migrations and subjugations that have been in progress for many centuries among powerful tribes1 the dwarf tribe of ,africa has been scattered1 and its isolated fragments are still found in widely separated parts of the continent4 ,a ,,human ,,phenomenon4--,m4 de ,quatrefages1 the naturalist1 has examined a real phenomenon1 a ,provencal of thirty1 named ,simeon ,aiguier1 who had been presented by ,dr4 ,trenes4 ,aiguier1 thanks to his peculiar system of muscles and nerves1 can transform himself in most wondrous fashion4 ,he has very properly dubbed himself ,l',homme-,protee4 ,at one moment1 assuming the rigidity of a statue1 his body may be struck sharply1 the blows falling as on a block of stone4 ,at another he moves his intestines from above and below and right to left into the form of a large football1 and projects it forward1 which gives him the appearance of a colossally stout personage4 ,he then withdraws it into the thorax opening like a cage1 and the hollow look of his body immediately reminds one of a skeleton4 ,aiguier successfully imitates a man subjected to the tortures of the rack1 as also a man hanging himself1 and assumes a strikingly cadaveric look4 ,what most astonished ,m4 de ,quatrefages was the stoppage of the circulation of the blood1 now on the left and now on the right side1 which was effected by muscular contraction4--,boston ,transcript4 ,,surviving ,,superstitions4--,the once flourishing and wealthy colony of ,german ,rappites1 or ,harmonists1 who sold out ,new ,harmony1 ,indiana1 to old ,robert ,owen sixty years ago1 7where ,owen's grand fiasco occurred17 and removed to ,economy1 ,pa41 held their annual festival on the #aeth of ,february in the usual solemn manner4 ,father ,rapp is dead long ago1 and of the thousand energetic religious and industrious enthusiasts who have been so prosperous in worldly matters1 scarcely fifty remain as feeble old men1 and their pastor1 ,father ,henrici1 is over #hc years old2 but the honest and worthy old enthusiasts are still waiting for the personal coming of ,christ1 who1 they believe1 is to come before their society dies out1 establish his kingdom with his throne on ,mount ,sinai1 and judge and rule the world4 ,they believe that their beloved ,father ,henrici will never die1 but will lead them to the presence of their ,divine ,master on ,mount ,sinai2 and he proposes to lead them to ,palestine1 when they have signs of the ,lord's approach1 that they may be ready to meet him4 ,there is a solemn beauty and grandeur in these weird old superstitions of good people2 but1 alas6 the ,rappites must soon pass away1 as the ,girlingites have expired in ,england1 when ,mother ,girling could not be immortal4 ,a ,,spiritual ,,test ,,of ,,death4--,john ,r4 ,fowler1 an old steamboat man1 who died at ,louisville1 in ,january1 #ahhg1 made his wife promise to keep his body three days to see if he would not recover consciousness4 ,on the third day after his death1 the doctor and coroner pronounced him dead1 but his wife sent for a medium1 and through her the deceased husband stated that he was dead1 and the happiness of spirit life was so great that he had no desire to return1 but would wait patiently until his wife joined him4 ,the most perfect test of death is by ,faradic electricity4 ,as a general rule1 three hours after death1 the muscles entirely fail to respond to the ,faradic current4 ,when the muscles cannot be affected1 death is established4 ,a ,,jewish ,,theological ,,seminary4--,the community at large is interested in a new movement to establish in this city a ,jewish theological seminary4 ,the objects of investigation contemplated by the projected institution are the ,old ,testament in the original ,hebrew1 the part played by the ,jews in ancient1 mediaeval1 and modern history1 and the influence exerted upon thought and research by ,jewish philosophers4 ,the current knowledge of these subjects is almost wholly derived from the conclusions and opinions of non-,jewish inquirers1 and may therefore be presumed to be more or less affected by prejudice4 ,a role of such capital importance in civilization as that of the ,hebrew people ought to be examined from all sides1 and the friends of truth will welcome a systematic study of it from the ,hebrew point of view4--,n4 ,y4 ,sun4 ,,national ,,death ,,rates4--,in ,france1 #dh per cent of the deaths are of persons over fifty years of age2 and what is more remarkable1 #be per cent are of persons over seventy years of age4 ,the ,french present the best showing1 except1 perhaps1 the ,irish1 of any nation as regards long life4 ,only about #bf per cent of their deaths are of children under five years4 ,about #f per cent only are of persons from five to twenty years4 ,no nation of ,europe is supposed to be more oblivious of sanitary science than the ,irish1 and yet a far greater percentage of the people of ,ireland than of any other people1 except the ,french1 live to and beyond the age of seventy years4 ,nearly five in #ajj of the deaths are of persons over eighty-five years of age6 ,only about #ce per cent of the deaths are of persons under twenty years of age4 ,about #db per cent of the deaths are of persons over fifty-five years4 ,one half almost of the deaths are of persons over forty-five years4 ,in ,england and ,wales only #cc per cent of the deaths are of persons over forty-five years1 while in the ,united ,states only #cj per cent are of persons over forty years of age4--,t4 ,s4 ,sozinksey1 ,m4 ,d41 in ,scientific ,american4 ,,religious ,,mediaevalism ,,in ,,america4--,twelve miles from ,dubuque1 ,ia41 there stands in grim isolation1 upon a blackened and desolate prairie1 a monastery of the fifteenth century pattern4 ,every morning at #b o'clock the monks who occupy this lugubrious dwelling-place arise from the hard planks which serve them in lieu of beds1 and pray in wooden stalls1 so constructed as to compel them either to stand or kneel4 ,their devotions completed1 the next duty is for each to go into the yard and dig a part of his own grave1 and when they have it once completed1 they fill it up again1 and repeat the operation indefinitely throughout their lives4 ,they are not permitted to speak to each other except by special dispensation1 which is very rarely given except at the close of a meal1 when each one says to the other ,memento mori--remember that you are to die4 ,the system resembles1 in all essential respects1 that of the ,indian fakirs and other religious enthusiasts who believe that the only way to please ,god is to make one's self as miserable as possible4--,herald4 ,,buddhism ,,in ,,america4--,a high caste ,brahmin1 ,mohini ,mohun ,chatterjee1 has arrived in the ,united ,states at ,new ,york1 who has been teaching in ,england and on the continent4 ,he has the approval of the brotherhood in ,thibet1 and has a high intellectual reputation4 ,the ,,journal will endeavor to discuss this subject hereafter4 ,buddhism is much nearer than ,christianity to modern agnosticism1 but it embodies fine moral teaching1 and is free from intolerance4 ,mohini represents1 it is said1 that his visit to this country is simply in the capacity of an agent1 sent by the divine ,mahatmas to enlighten a materialistic barbarism with the spiritual wisdom--religion of the ,east4 ,he represents a movement which has for its object the uniting of the ,east and ,west in the acceptance of a universal faith4 ,an attempt was at first made to interest people in the subject by laying some stress upon the minor phenomena of occult science4 ,unfortunately1 such wonders attracted disciples who cared more for thaumaturgy than for doctrine1 and these fell away as soon as they discovered that the object in view was not the production of marvels4 ,the new world has riches1 and the old world has ideas4 ,it would be to the advantage of both if an exchange could be effected4 ,the ,asiatic philosophers teach that all religions are the expressions of the ,eternal ,verity4 ,life is ephemeral1 they say1 its chief value consisting in the opportunities it affords of doing good and making others happy4 ,,craniology ,,and ,,crime4--,the ,british ,medical ,journal presents at some length the results arrived at by ,prof4 ,benedict1 in his examination of the brains of criminals--some sixteen in all4 ,every one of these1 in comparison with the healthy brain1 proved to be abnormal4 ,not only1 too1 has he found that these brains deviate from the normal type1 and approach that of lower animals1 but he has been able to classify them1 and with them the skulls in which they were contained1 in three categories4 ,first1 absence of symmetry between the two halves of the brain2 ,second1 an obliquity of the interior part of the brain or skull--in fact1 a continuation upward of what is usually termed a sloping forehead2 third1 a distinct lessening of the posterior cerebral lobes1 so that1 as in the lower animals1 they are not large enough to hide the cerebellum4 ,in all these peculiarities1 the criminal's brain and skull are distinctly of a lower type than those of normal men4 ,that a diminution of the posterior lobes should be recognized as a mark of inferiority1 does not harmonize with the old ideas of phrenology4 ,nevertheless1 it is true that a good development of the posterior part of the brain is essential to the superiority of man over animals4 ,,morphiomania ,,in ,,france4--,in the course of the last few years the disease which the doctors call morphiomania has made formidable headway all over ,france4 ,in the capital its victims almost rival those of alcoholism4 ,at ,bellevue a great hospital has been opened for the care1 and1 if possible1 for the cure of these patients4 ,the disease in its present form is necessarily but of recent origin4 ,morphia itself was only discovered in the year #ahaf4 ,the cure of it is very rare4 ,it is found that both the use and the deprivation of the drug lead the victims almost inevitably to suicide1 and at ,bellevue there are cushioned rooms for some of the patients and a constant watch kept on all4 ,one is not surprised to hear that the chief sufferers are women4 ,after women come doctors4 ,very many ,parisian women carry about with them a small ivory syringe4 ,in this delicate toy is contained morphia1 and it may often be remarked how ladies at convenient opportunities take out this little trinket and give themselves a prick in the arm or wrist with it4 ,but ere long these little pricks no longer suffice to stimulate the nerves of the votaries of the habit--the dose is too small4 ,then it is necessary to have recourse to recently established morphine institutes1 where old women1 under the name of morphineuses1 carry on their profession1 and give the ,parisian dames pricks in the arm and breast1 according to all the rules of the art4 ,,montana ,,bachelors4--,there are no less than #cj1jjj bachelors in ,montana1 and every single one of them is in need of and anxious to get a wife1 writes a correspondent of the ,new ,york ,times4 ,these entertaining young fellows and would-be benedicts have no time to go courting themselves1 and so1 much of that thing is done by proxy4 ,they are entirely too busy amassing fortunes1 either at sheep herding1 cattle growing1 or mining1 in which at least fifty per cent of them are bound to become millionaires sooner or later4 ,there is the greatest possible need in ,montana for young girls and maidens1 old women1 and old maids1 too1 for that matter1 each and every one of whom would fill a long-felt want4 ,domestics are in high demand4 ,as servant girls they can command wages here that would give them comfortable competences in a short time1 with very little offered in return4 ,but the trouble with the girls who come out in this way looking for a job is that none of them remain in service for any length of time4 ,they are soon gobbled up by young fellows in search of a wife4 ,,relief ,,for ,,children4--,a very beneficent action is now required by law in ,germany and ,switzerland1 by which holidays are obligatory in all public and private schools when the temperature reaches a certain height4 ,these heat-holidays are called hitzlenien1 and are worthy of adoption in other schools4 ,in ,basle new regulations have just been issued concerning heat-holidays4 ,when the temperature rises to seventy-seven degrees in the shade at ten o'clock in the morning1 holiday is to be proclaimed to the scholars until the afternoon4 ,two such holidays were proclaimed during a recent hot week1 to the no small delight of the boys and girls4 ,it would be equally beneficent to dismiss the schools whenever1 for any reason1 the temperature of the schoolroom could not be kept up to sixty-five degrees4 ,,the ,,land ,,and ,,the ,,people4--,the atrocities of landlordism in ,ireland1 evicting the poor in midwinter1 tearing down their cabins1 and burning their roofs to drive them out1 have excited horror in ,england1 and sympathy for the ,irish4 ,,christianity ,,in ,,japan4--,the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,harris has expressed the opinion that in ten or twenty years ,christianity might become the national religion of ,japan1 as the heathen temples are going into decay4 ,if it does1 ,christianity will be as much benefited by it as the ,japanese4 ,the cast iron theology of the ,anglo-,saxon race will not suit the ,japanese4 ,the works of agnostic scientists and liberals have already a strong hold on the ,japanese4 ,the ,christianity of the past will have to be reformed and ameliorated to suit ,japan4 ,they will never appreciate the theology of the ,andover creed1 which has been versified as follows by ,puck3 ,there is a place of endless terror ,prepared for those who fall in error1 ,where fire and death and torture never ,cease their work1 but rule forever2 ,to this dark cave1 for ,adam's sin1 ,must all his children enter in4 ,but the all-merciful ,creator ,took pity on the fallen traitor1 ,prepared a narrow path of pardon ,that led to heaven's happy garden2 ,and1 lest mankind prefer to sin1 ,predestined some to walk therein4 ,but millions still in error languish1 ,doomed to death and future anguish1 ,who ne'er had heard of ,adam's sin1 ,nor of the peril they are in2 ,who know not of the way of pardon1 ,nor of the fall in ,eden's garden4 ,this1 my friends1 is the ,andover creed2 ,put it aside for the time of need6 ,in the hour of grief and sorrow ,from it consolation borrow2 ,when your dearest friends are dying1 ,read it to the mourners crying2 ,teach it to the tender maiden1 ,to the man with sorrow laden2 ,teach it to the timid child1 ,watch its look of horror wild1 ,note the half-defiant fear1 ,flushing cheek and pitying tear2 ,teach it to the broken hearted1 ,from their loved ones newly parted2 ,show them that their pride and beauty-- ,type of love and filial duty-- ,this1 their darling1 whom they cherished1 ,has in hell forever perished1 ,all because of ,adam's folly6 ',twill drive away your melancholy4 ,a wonderful thing is the ,andover creed1 ,put it aside for the hour of need6 ,,the ,,hellfire ,,business4--,this expression is homely ,english1 and such language is best in describing horrible realities4 ,the managers of the ,american ,board 7sturdy champions of hell7 have been compelled by public opinion to let ,mr4 ,hume go back to ,india as a missionary1 though he will not agree to send all the heathen to hell4 ,to keep up their dignity1 however1 they represented ,mr4 ,hume as having backed down1 and compelled him to show that he had not4 ,since passing ,mr4 ,hume they have refused to allow ,mr4 ,morse to go on the same terms1 because he will not insist on the absolute certainty that the heathen are all in hell4 ,the ,boston ,herald says the ,board's moral obliquity is a puzzle to honest people4 ,,rev4 ,,sam ,,jones ,,and ,,boston ,,theology4--,the ,herald says3 ,brother ,sam ,jones and ,brother ,sam ,small do chiefly limit themselves to the simple things of the gospel1 and have less theology to the square inch than the average of ministers1 as ,brother ,sam ,jones would express it4 ,but they are hardly fitted for this field1 we should say4 ,perhaps the following extracts from ,rev4 ,samuel's sermons explain his relations to ,boston4 ,before an audience of #g1ejj he said1 ,there are #ajj1jjj people in twenty different states praying that ,i may succeed in arousing ,boston to a sense of her moral and spiritual degradation4 ,i love to live in the world1 but not to be troubled with creeds4 ,i know ,i am on dangerous ground here in ,boston when ,i am on creeds1 for a fellow could get up a fight here on that question quicker than he could on stealing4 ,whiskey is the worst enemy ,god or man ever had1 and the best friend the devil ever had4 ,we have got sentiment enough to put whiskey out of ,boston4 ,you have enough church members in ,boston to vote the whiskey out of ,boston any morning before breakfast4 ,it is every preacher's duty to denounce the things of hell just as much as it is to preach the beauty of ,christ4 ,i know you denounce drunkenness1 but how few pulpits pull out their dagger and stab it4 ,god has not lost his power1 but the pulpit has lost its voice4 ,boston had a fire once1 but that does not hurt you half as much as the fire of damnation that is smouldering in the hearts of people of this town4 ,i don't know what will become of my converts if ,i leave them in ,boston4 ,the greatest religious work that has been done in ,boston1 is that of ,jones and ,small4 ,every hall they occupied was crowded1 and at mid-day in the week they filled ,fanueil ,hall4 ,,psychometry4--,the entire pages of the ,,journal ,,of ,,man would be insufficient for the presentation which this subject demands1 and for the present readers must be content with the ,manual of ,psychometry4 ,the article designed for this number must be postponed until ,april1 after which it will receive more attention4 ,,the ,,american ,,psychical ,,society1 poor thing1 is in a bad way4 ,it needs nourishment1 warmth1 and interested attention1 to prevent it from dying of a compilation of infantile maladies which arise from bad nursing4 ,the chief nurse1 ,professor ,newcomb 7president71 gave the bantling an ice-bath in ,january 7his presidential address71 and this practically puts the thing in its coffin4 ,we have never had high anticipations of the usefulness or continued existence of this organization4 ,it is a queer proceeding to throw a new-born baby on a rubbish-heap1 and leave it there1 while its parents walk around on stilts to look at it4 ,the ,british society is glowing with warmth compared with the state of its ,american cousin4 ,it is clear that the psychical knowledge which the society desires to obtain will never come to it under its present management2 indeed1 we are inclined to think no society under any management can obtain satisfactory knowledge of the kind which is sought4 ,it must be obtained in private1 under conditions far different from any which can be secured in organizations1 where men act together with diverse views and opinions4--,pop4 ,sci4 ,news4 ,,progress ,,of ,,spiritualism4--,in all ,european countries1 ,spiritualism is making rapid progress4 ,in ,england1 the eloquent and distinguished lecturer1 ,mrs4 ,emma ,hardinge ,britten1 says in a recent letter to the ,london ,medium that ,spiritualism in ,england is not only on the increase1 but has already take too deep and earnest a hold of the public heart1 up here in the north1 to be uprooted by imbecile antagonism1 or even marred by the petty shams of imposture4 ,in places where ,i have been told it was recently difficult to collect together a score of people to listen to spiritual lectures1 the largest halls are often found insufficient to accommodate my ,sunday evening audiences1 and the spoken blessings and thanks that follow me1 as well as the floods of inquiring letters that besiege me1 bear ample testimony to the fact1 that the seed sown has not all fallen on stony places4 ,its progress is rapid in ,italy1 ,spain1 ,norway1 ,denmark1 and ,russia1 and is steadily onward in ,france and ,germany4 ,on our ,pacific ,coast1 the ,golden ,gate says1 it is advancing with grand strides4 ,in the ,eastern ,states it is obtaining a much needed purification by discussing the genuineness of the phenomena4 ,,the ,,folly ,,of ,,competition4--,we live under a ruinous system of competition instead of co-operation1 in which the weakest sink into poverty1 beggary1 disease1 crime1 and suicide4 ,every day the horrors of our social system are recognized and commented on1 but how little is done1 and how little thought for its amendment4 ,according to ,bradstreet1 during the first six weeks of this year the loss of wages by strikers has amounted to three millions of dollars4 ,this damage falls on those who cannot afford it1 the most of whom find themselves in a worse and more hopeless condition in consequence of the strike1 if not entirely out of employment4 ,it has been a matter of comparatively little importance to the parties against whom the strikes were made4 ,the ,,journal will pay some attention to the remedial measures which are being introduced4 ,,insanities ,,of ,,war4--,senator ,vest recently stated to the ,senate that there was not in the history of the civilized world a page of maladministration equal to that of the ,navy ,department of the ,united ,states since #ahfe4444 ,there had been expended for naval purposes since the close of the war over #dai1jjj1jjj4 ,query3 ,how much over #e1jjj1jjj would it all bring if sold out to-day8 ,would it bring that much8 ,,the ,,sinaloa ,,colony has had too great an influx already1 and ,mr4 ,owen positively prohibits any more arrivals4 ,if any more come they will not be received until due preparation has been made4 ,the colony has a splendid harbor in a delightful climate1 and large tracts of fertile land1 capable of producing everything belonging to semi-tropical and temperate climates4 ,other attempts by societies to solve the great social question are beginning4 ,a society with the same objects and principles as the ,sinaloa colony is now organizing to found a colony in ,florida on the margin of a beautiful harbor4 ,another scheme has been proposed by a company of ,chicago ,knights of ,labor1 who have gone to ,tennessee to found a co-operative colony4 ,the purpose is the establishment of a manufacturing community in which the rule shall be 'eight hours and fair wages1' and the spot chosen is represented as a salubrious table land of #abj1jjj acres1 #b1jjj feet above sea level1 abounding in iron1 timber1 and limestone4 ,here it is intended to set up an iron furnace1 a nail factory1 and the sash1 door1 and blind industry1 to build #bjj houses within #cj days1 put up a city hall1 public school and engine house at once1 and secure incorporation as a city within two weeks4 ,they have begun to sell choice locations at #g to #aj per acre4 ,,medical ,,despotism4 ,the bill which has been introduced into the ,rhode ,island ,legislature for the suppression of independent physicians by confining all practice to those licensed by a medical board1 is so great an outrage on common sense and justice1 that it meets with strenuous opposition4 ,the editor of the ,,journal made an address in opposition to the bill in the hall of the ,house of ,representatives on the sixteenth of ,february1 occupying about an hour and a half1 showing that the proposed legislation was more despotic and unjust than the laws under ,european despotisms4 ,the ,providence ,star1 in reporting the address1 spoke of it as the most eloquent ever delivered in the ,house on any subject4 ,,mind ,,in ,,nature1 the best monthly publication of its kind in the world and the nearest approach in its character to the ,,journal ,,of ,,man1 has just expired at ,chicago after issuing two volumes4 ,a few bound copies may be obtained at #a4be per single volume1 or #b4be for two volumes1 by addressing the editor1 ,j4 ,e4 ,woodhead1 ,chicago4 ,,physiological ,,discoveries ,,in ,,the ,,college ,,of ,,therapeutics4 ,the resolutions of my most recent class in ,boston are the same in spirit as have been expressed during forty years1 and will no doubt be expressed again by my students in ,may1 #ahhg4 ,they not only know the truth of the science but recognize sarcognomy as the most important addition ever made to physiological science by any individual1 and their testimony was based on their own personal experience4 ,to the students of sarcognomy this is a familiar idea1 but to others some explanation may be necessary4 ,what are the greatest discoveries in physiology8 ,common opinion would mention as the foremost the action of the heart in circulating the blood1--a discovery not originated but consummated by ,harvey2 and yet the discovery is of so simple and obvious a nature that we wonder now1 not so much at the ability manifested in the discovery1 as at the stupidity which permitted it to remain so long unknown1 and even to be denied and ridiculed when published4 ,harvey's work on the generation of animals entitled him to a higher rank as a pioneer in science than his theory of the circulation4 ,a far greater discovery was that of ,dr4 ,gall1 which embraced not only the anatomy but the functions of the brain as a mental organ--a discovery twenty times as great1 whether we consider the superior importance of the brain1 or the greater investigating genius necessary to the discovery4 ,it easily ranks at the head of the physiological discoveries of the past centuries4 ,next comes the discovery of the motor and sensory roots of the spinal nerves by ,majendie and ,bell1 which did not1 as commonly supposed1 include the motor and sensory of the spinal cord4 ,this was a small discovery compared to ,gall's1 but not inferior to ,harvey's discovery of the cardiac function4 ,a fourth discovery1 perhaps of equal rank1 was the discovery by ,harvey's contemporary1 ,aselli1 of the lacteals that absorb the chyle4 ,a fifth discovery or discoveries of importance was that of the corpuscles of the blood1 and the ,malpighian bodies of the kidneys1 by ,malpighi4 ,a sixth discovery1 considered more important and occupying a larger space in medical literature1 is the cell doctrine of ,schwann1 a doctrine still under discussion and by no means a finality4 ,anatomical science has few first class discoveries4 ,anatomy has been a growth of observation and description--not discovery4 ,vesalius and ,eustachius may be considered the fathers of modern anatomy1 and the name of the latter is immortalized by the ,eustachian tube1 which he first recognized and described4 ,but the ,fallopian tubes1 named after ,fallopius1 were not his discovery4 ,they had been described long before by ,herophilus and others4 ,eustachius was nearly two centuries ahead of his age in anatomy1 and should be gratefully remembered as a struggling scientist4 ,his valuable anatomical works1 which he was too poor to publish1 were published one hundred and forty years after his death1 by ,lancisi4 ,from this brief glance at the discoveries of ,eustachius1 ,harvey1 ,aselli1 ,malpighi1 ,gall1 ,majendie1 and ,schwann1 it is apparent that but one physiological discovery on record is sufficiently important in its nature and scope to be compared with sarcognomy1 which comprehends the relations of soul1 brain1 and body4 ,what is their relative value8 ,gall's discovery embraced about one half of the psychic functions of the brain1 with nothing of its physiological functions4 ,sarcognomy1 on the contrary1 embraces the entire mass of cerebral functions to connect them with corresponding functions in the body4 ,it presents in one complete view the psychic powers in the soul operating in the brain1 and extending their influence into the body2 and on the other hand1 the physiological powers of the body1 operating through the brain1 and by definite1 intelligible laws acting upon the soul--a vast system of science1 based on anatomical facts1 but evolved by experiment1 to which no single volume could do justice4 ,its medical applications alone1 concisely presented in thirty lectures1 would make a volume of four hundred pages4 ,it is not1 like the phrenological system of ,gall1 a mental doctrine only1 but1 combining psychology1 physiology1 and pathology1 goes to the foundations of medical science1 of health1 disease1 and cure1 as well as the foundations of all spiritual science1 and originates new systems of magnetic and electric practice4 ,it is manifest1 therefore1 that no biological discovery now on record occupies more than a fraction of the vast area occupied by ,sarcognomy1 and being a demonstrated science1 in the opinion of all who are acquainted with it1 it needs only sufficient time to circulate the works upon the subject now in preparation 7the first edition of ,therapeutic ,sarcognomy having been speedily exhausted71 and sufficient time to overcome the mental inertia and moral torpor that hinder all progress1 and even war against the million times repeated facts of spiritual science4 ,the warfare against all new truth will be continued until the people demand that our colleges1 the castles of antiquated error1 shall conform to the spirit of progressive science4 ,,business ,,department4 ,the ,,business ,,department of the ,journal deserves the attention of all its readers1 as it will be devoted to matters of general interest and real value4 ,the treatment of the opium habit by ,dr4 ,hoffman is original and successful4 ,dr4 ,hoffman is one of the most gifted members of the medical profession4 ,the electric apparatus of ,d4 ,h4 ,fitch is that which ,i have found the most useful and satisfactory in my own practice4 ,bovinine ,i regard as occupying the first rank among the food remedies which are now so extensively used4 ,the old drug house of ,b4 ,o4 ,g4 ,c4 ,wilson needs no commendation2 it is the house upon which ,i chiefly rely for good medicines1 and does a very large business with skill and fidelity4 ,the ,american ,spectator1 edited by ,dr4 ,b4 ,o4 ,flower1 is conducted with ability and good taste1 making an interesting family paper1 containing valuable hygienic and medical instruction1 at a remarkably low price4 ,it is destined to have a very extensive circulation4 ,i have written several essays in commendation of the treatment of disease by oxygen gas1 and its three compounds1 nitrous oxide1 per-oxide and ozone4 ,what is needed for its general introduction is a convenient portable apparatus4 ,this is now furnished by ,dr4 ,b4 ,m4 ,lawrence1 at ,hartford1 ,connecticut4 ,a line addressed to him will procure the necessary information in his pamphlet on that subject4 ,he can be consulted free of charge4 ,dr4 ,w4 ,f4 ,richardson of #hge ,washington ,street is one of the most successful practitioners we have1 as any one will realize who employs him4 ,without specifying his numerous cases ,i would merely mention that he has recently cured in a single treatment an obstinate case of chronic disease which had baffled the best physicians of ,boston and ,lowell4 ,dr4 ,k4 ,,meyenberg1 who is the ,boston agent for ,oxygen ,treatment1 is a most honorable1 modest1 and unselfish gentleman1 whose superior natural powers as a magnetic healer have been demonstrated during eighteen years' practice in ,washington ,city4 ,some of his cures have been truly marvelous4 ,he has recently located in ,boston as a magnetic physician4 99 99 99 99 99 ,college of ,therapeutics4 ,the large amount of scientific and therapeutic knowledge developed by recent discoveries1 but not yet admitted into the slow-moving medical colleges1 renders it important to all young men of liberal minds--to all who aim at the highest rank in their profession--to all who are strictly conscientious and faithful in the discharge of their duties to patients under their care1 to have an institution in which their education can be completed by a preliminary or a post-graduate course of instruction4 ,the amount of practically useful knowledge of the healing art which is absolutely excluded from the curriculum of old style medical colleges is greater than all they teach--not greater than the adjunct sciences and learning of a medical course which burden the mind to the exclusion of much useful therapeutic knowledge1 but greater than all the curative resources embodied in their instruction4 ,the most important of these therapeutic resources which have sometimes been partially applied by untrained persons are now presented in the ,college of ,therapeutics1 in which is taught not the knowledge which is now represented by the degree of ,m4 ,d41 but a more profound knowledge which gives its pupils immense advantages over the common graduate in medicine4 ,therapeutic ,sarcognomy1 a science often demonstrated and endorsed by able physicians1 gives the anatomy not of the physical structure1 but of the vital forces of the body and soul as located in every portion of the constitution--a science vastly more important than physical anatomy1 as the anatomy of life is more important than the anatomy of death4 ,sarcognomy is the true basis of medical practice1 while anatomy is the basis only of operative surgery and obstetrics4 ,indeed1 every magnetic or electric practitioner ought to attend such a course of instruction to become entirely skilful in the correct treatment of disease4 ,in addition to the above instruction1 special attention will be given to the science and art of ,psychometry--the most important addition in modern times to the practice of medicine1 as it gives the physician the most perfect diagnosis of disease that is attainable1 and the power of extending his practice successfully to patients at any distance4 ,the methods of treatment used by spiritual mediums and mind cure practitioners will also be philosophically explained4 ,the course of instruction will begin on ,monday1 the #b;d of ,may1 and continue six weeks4 ,the fee for attendance on the course will be #be4 ,to students who have attended heretofore the fee will be #ae4 ,for further information address the president1 ,,joseph ,,rodes ,,buchanan1 ,m4 ,d4 #f ,,james ,,st41 ,,boston4 ,the sentiments of those who have attended these courses of instruction during the last eight years were concisely expressed in the following statement1 which was unanimously signed and presented to ,dr4 ,buchanan by those attending his last course in ,boston4 ,the undersigned1 attendant upon the seventh session of the ,college of ,therapeutics1 have been delighted with the profound and wonderful instructions received1 and as it is the duty of all who become acquainted with new truths of great importance to the world1 to assist in their diffusion1 we offer our free and grateful testimony in the following resolutions3 ,resolved1 ,that the lectures and experiments of ,prof4 ,buchanan have not only clearly taught1 but absolutely demonstrated1 the science of ,sarcognomy1 by experiments in which we were personally engaged1 and in which we cannot possibly have been mistaken4 ,resolved1 ,that we regard ,sarcognomy as the most important addition ever made to physiological science by any individual1 and as the basis of the only possible scientific system of ,electro-,therapeutics1 the system which we have seen demonstrated in all its details by ,prof4 ,buchanan1 producing results which we could not have believed without witnessing the demonstration4 ,resolved1 ,that ,therapeutic ,sarcognomy is a system of science of the highest importance1 alike to the magnetic healer1 to the electro-therapeutist1 and to the medical practitioner1--giving great advantages to those who thoroughly understand it1 and destined to carry the fame of its discoverer to the remotest future ages4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,chlorine ,galvanic and ,faradic ,batteries4 ,,apparatus ,,and ,,materials4 ,description1 ,prices1 and ,testimonials ,mailed ,free1 on ,application4 #f ,,james ,,st41 ,,boston1 ,,mass41 ,february #h1 #ahhf4 ,d4 ,h4 ,,fitch1 ,cazenovia1 ,n4 ,y43 ,,dear ,,sir3 ,your last letter has a valuable suggestion4 ,your ,carbon ,electrodes ,,are the very best now in use1 and ,metallic ,electrodes are objectionable from the metallic influence they impart1 even if no metal can be chemically traced into the patient4 ,j4 ,r4 ,,buchanan1 ,m4 ,d4 ,,aurora1 ,,ill41 ,dec4 #bd1 #ahhf4 ,d4 ,h4 ,,fitch1 ,cazenovia1 ,n4 ,y43 ,i am very glad to inform you that the battery which ,i purchased from you seven months ago is better than you represented it1 and works as well to-day as it did on the first day4 ,the cells have not been looked at since they were first placed in the cabinet4 ,the battery is always ready and has never disappointed me4 ,resp'y yours1 ,h4 ,g4 ,,gabel1 ,m4 ,d4 ,,worcester1 ,,mass41 ,aug4 #aj1 #ahhf4 ,d4 ,h4 ,,fitch1 ,cazenovia1 ,n4 ,y43 ,,dear ,,sir3 ,over a year ago1 as you will remember1 ,i bought of you one of your ,chlorine ,batteries of twenty-five cells4 ,this ,i placed in the cellar and connected with my office table for use there4 ,it has been in almost daily use since without ever having to do the first thing to it1 not even refilling1 and now1 after a year's service1 ,i cannot see but that it runs just as well as it did the first day ,i used it1 and the battery is just as clean as when put in1 nor the least particle of corroding4 ,this is a better record than any other battery can furnish with which ,i am acquainted4 ,i can only say ,i am more than pleased with it1 as every man must be who knows anything about electricity and has occasion to use a battery for medicinal purposes4 ,j4 ,k4 ,,warren1 ,m4 ,d4 ,,whitestown1 ,n4 ,y41 ,april #ae1 #ahhf4 ,d4 ,h4 ,,fitch1 ,,esq43 ,,dear ,,sir3 ,the ,chlorine ,battery is simply admirable1 complete1 just the thing4 ,,smith ,,baker1 ,m4 ,d4 ,president ,oneida ,co4 ,med4 ,society4 ,,tyler1 ,,tex41 ,feb4 #aa1 #ahhf4 ,d4 ,h4 ,,fitch1 ,,esq41 ,cazenovia1 ,n4 ,y43 ,i am so well pleased with your ,chlorine ,faradic ,machine that ,i now use it in preference to any other4 ,the current is so smooth and regular that patients like it and seem to derive more benefit from it than from the same strength of current from any other battery that ,i have used4 ,i would not be without it for many times its cost4 ,s4 ,f4 ,,starley1 ,m4 ,d4 ,d4 ,h4 ,,fitch1 ,p4,o4 ,box #ge4 ,cazenovia1 ,n4 ,y4 99 99 99 99 99 ,religio-,philosophical ,journal4 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,heber ,newton1 ,d4 ,d4 ,your course has made spiritualism respected by the secular press as it never has been before1 and compelled an honorable recognition4--,hudson ,tuttle1 ,author and ,lecturer4 ,i read your paper every week with great interest4--,h4 ,w4 ,thomas1 ,d4 ,d41 ,chicago4 ,i congratulate you on the management of the paper4444 ,i indorse your position as to the investigation of the phenomena4--,samuel ,watson1 ,d4 ,d41 ,memphis1 ,tenn4 99 99 99 99 99 ,w4 ,f4 ,,richardson1 ,,magnetic ,,physician1 #hge ,washington ,street1 ,boston4 ,having had several years' practice1 in which his powers as a healer have been tested1 and been surprising to himself and friends1 and having been thoroughly instructed in the science of ,sarcognomy1 offers his services to the public with entire confidence that he will be able to relieve or cure all who apply4 ,for his professional success he refers to ,prof4 ,buchanan1 and to numerous citizens whose testimonials he can show4 99 99 99 99 99 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