“Whoever would not remain in complete ignorance of the resources which cause him to act; whoever would seize, at a single philosophical glance, the nature of man and animals, and their relations to external objects; whoever would establish, on the intellectual and moral functions, a solid doctrine of mental diseases, of the general and governing influence of the brain in the states of health and disease, should know, that it is indispensable, that the study of the organization of the brain should march side by side with that of its functions.”
Quote by Franz Joseph Gall
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Franz Joseph Gall
Franz Joseph Gall (March 9, 1758 - August 22, 1828) was a physiologist and is considered the founder of phrenology. He proposed the theory of phrenology, which suggested that different parts of the brain correspond to different psychological traits in individuals. more
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