The motive power of the human system : with the symptoms and treatment of chronic diseases / by H.H. Sherwood.

  • Sherwood, H. H. (Henry Hall)
Date:
1841
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Credit: The motive power of the human system : with the symptoms and treatment of chronic diseases / by H.H. Sherwood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    We will now examine the construction of the hrain and see if we can find the situation of its magnetic poles. The upper part of the brain called the cerebrum, is divided by the longitudinal sinus from A to B, into two hemispheres as seen in the figure, A being the front and B the back part of it. The whole presents a convoluted surface, the sulci or furrows of which extend into it a distance from a line to an inch. On removing the brain from the scull and turning it over or reversing its position we find on its under surface an apparently complicated structure surrounded by convolutions, as seen in