Notes of the United States of North America, During a Phrenological Visit in 1898-9-40: Volume 1 Page: 251 of 444
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AFFECTION OF THE FACULTY OF LANGUAGE. 211
,Afection of the Faculty of Language.-A gentleman
attending my lectures, lately favoured me with
the following case:"
To GEORGE COMBE, E8q.
WARREN STREET, BOSTON,
October 31. 1838.
"DEAR SIR,-The lady whose affection of the organ
of Language I mentioned to you last evening, is
, the wife of Mr of
Mass.*
"At the age of two or three years, she was able to
repeat long stories that had been related to her word
for word. She was also able to spell any word after
she had heard some one spell it.
" The power of her verbal memory continued to be
remarkable through all her school-days.
"A year or two since, sheand Mr
were with
a few friends one evening. It was proposed to try
who could repeat the most of a certain poet's works.
A volume of Byron's was taken for the purpose, I
think. They opened to a passage. Mrs
repeated
page after page. They laughed at her, and
said she had been reading the piece lately. She denied
this, and asked them to turn to any other part
of the volume. They opened to another piece. She
repeated it as fluently as before.
" During the trial, she shaded the light from her
eyes with her hand.
( Before long she fainted, and was carried to her
room.
"For nine weeks was not able to call her husband
* I suppress the names.--G. C.
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Combe, George, 1788-1858. Notes of the United States of North America, During a Phrenological Visit in 1898-9-40: Volume 1, book, 1841; Edinburgh, Scotland. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1028/m1/251/?q=%221838%3F%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.