FEAR

ANGELO MOSSO

TRANSLATED FROM THE FIFTH EDITION OF THE ITALIAN
BY
E. LOUGH AND F. KIESOW

AUTHORISED TRANSLATION

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

LONDON, NEW YORK, AND BOMBAY

1896

PROFESSOR ANGELO MOSSO

OF TURIN

from whom both have received many kindnesses of a personal character, and to whom one of us is indebted for furtherance in scientific research, we offer our sincerest thanks, with the assurance that we have looked upon the translation of this splendid little work, as the fulfilment of an agreeable duty.

E. L. and F. K.

August 1895

[CONTENTS]

CHAPTER		PAGE
	Introduction	[1]
I.	How the Brain works	[20]
II.	Reflex Action and the Functions of the Spinal Cord	[32]
III.	The Brain	[50]
IV.	The Circulation of the Blood in the Brain during Emotion	[64]
V.	Pallor and Blushing	[87]
VI.	The Beating of the Heart	[102]
VII.	Respiration and Oppression	[121]
VIII.	Trembling	[134]
IX.	The Expression of the Face	[155]
X.	The Expression of the Forehead and Eye	[167]
XI.	The Physiognomy of Pain	[185]
XII.	A Few Phenomena Characteristic of Fear	[213]
XIII.	Fear in Children. Dreams	[226]
XIV.	Fright and Terror	[236]
XV.	Maladies Produced by Fear	[249]
XVI.	Hereditary Transmission. Education	[262]