"Indeed, the large Size, the wonderful Texture, and the great Care and security Nature has employ'd about the Brain, makes it probable it has been design'd for the noblest Uses, viz. to be the Temple or Sensorium of the sentient and intelligent Principle."
The English Malady: or, a Treatise of Nervous Diseases of All Kinds
At least 8 entries in ESTC (1733, 1734, 1735).<br>
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See <u>The English Malady: or, a Treatise of Nervous Diseases of All Kinds, As Spleen, Vapours, Lowness of Spirits, Hypochondriacal, and Hysterical Distempers, &c. In Three Parts. Part I. of the Nature and Cause of Nervous Distempers. Part II. of the Cure of Nervous Distempers. Part III. Variety of Cases That Illustrate and Confirm the Method of Cure. With the Author’s Own Case at Large.</u> (London: Printed for G. Strahan in Cornhill, and J. Leake at Bath, 1733). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T53892">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;