Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . Fig. 28.—Form Large. wide apart, and the eyeballs appear to be pressed down-ward and sidewise. Dr. J. P. Browne, of Edinburgh, says: There may be agreat distance between the eyes, with no great develop-ment of the Form, because the ethmoid bone is sometimesbut rarely very broad, and the eyes consequently much sep-arated ; but in such a case the indications of brain develop-ment in that region differ in such manner that the phrenol- OF THE INTELLECT. 89 ogist who

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Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . Fig. 28.—Form Large. wide apart, and the eyeballs appear to be pressed down-ward and sidewise. Dr. J. P. Browne, of Edinburgh, says: There may be agreat distance between the eyes, with no great develop-ment of the Form, because the ethmoid bone is sometimesbut rarely very broad, and the eyes consequently much sep-arated ; but in such a case the indications of brain develop-ment in that region differ in such manner that the phrenol- OF THE INTELLECT. 89 ogist who is conversant with cranial anatomy, can generallydetermine the true condition. It is the function of this organ to take note of and re-member shapes and configurations. Dr. Gall named it theorgan of Knowledge of Persons, because he invariablyfound it large in those who possessed a special aptitude forremembering faces. In his own head this organ was verydeficient, and he could with difficulty remember the coun-. Fig. 29.—Form Small. tenance of a stranger who had sat next to him at table, soas to recognize him afterward. It is said of Cuvier, that the form of an animal or abone, once seen, never left him, but was always present inhis mind for comparison with objects of a similar naturewhich might afterward come under his observation. Hewas thus enabled to make his wonderful discoveries incomparative anatomy. go BRAIN AND MIND. This faculty is essential to the draughtsman, portrait-painter, the designer, and to all occupations which haveto do with a knowledge and judgment of shape. InMichael Angelo it was extraordinarily large; in WilliamCobbett, the English author, it was small, and but moder-ate in Byron. The Chinese are remarkably endowed with this faculty, which corresponds with their well-known mechanical dex-terity and capacity for mastering a language which has adifferent character for nearly every word.