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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX. ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. BT ALEXANDER SHAW. In many parts of this work references are made to an Essay upon the Nervous System; and the last edition contained such an essay. But on examining the copy intended for the present edition, it was found that the author had drawn his pen through the essay, and had not composed another to supply its place. It cannot be doubted that he intended to reconstruct that part of the work; and as some account of his observations on the Nervous System, which bear upon the questions discussed in the volume, may be interesting, I have been requested to give a short review of his opinions. I enter upon the task with much diffidence. It is stated, in various parts of the essays, that a distinct Class of Nerves is provided, in the human body, for controlling the organ of Respiration; and that it is that class which is principally affected by passion and emotion, so as to give rise to the phenomena of Expression. In Man, the organ of Breathing is constructed in such a manner, that besides ministering to the oxygenation of the blood, its primary office in the economy, it is the instrument of Voice and of Expression, --two properties which bear relation to his Intellectual nature. In order to adapt the organ to these endowments, it is necessary that the mechanism should have a form and arrangement distinct from that in the lower animals, where it serves for purifying the blood alone; and as a correspondence always exists between the structure of the moving parts of the frame, and the nervous system, which regulates their actions, the change in the construction of the organ is accompanied with a change in the arrangement of the nerves. Accordingly, by comparing the nervous system in the inferior animals, .
Excerpt from The Anatomy and Philosophy of Expression as Connected With the Fine Arts I am not without hope that a new impulse may be given to the cultivation of the fine arts, by explaining their relation to the natural history of man and animals and by Shewing how a knowledge of outward form, and the accuracy of drawing which is a consequence of it, are related to the interior structure and functions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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