encephalon

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The astronomical knowledge of the encephalon, that is, the most intimate to which we can aspire, only reveals to us matter in motion.

From The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Binet, Alfred

It really occupies only its median and superior portion, and a small section of the anterior surface of the spinal cord, adjacent to the encephalon.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, October 1887 Volume 1, Number 9 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)

The Cerebrum or Great Brain lies above the plane of the tentorium, and forms much the largest division of the encephalon.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

Broca, the most eminent of French anthropologists, regarded as an absurdity the attempt to establish a necessary relation between the development of intelligence and the volume and weight of the encephalon.

From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine

Beyond this, it is an excitant of the cerebro-spinal axis, later it has a peculiar action on the encephalon, manifest in a wide range of psychical phenomena.

From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir