Both Uses of
cerebellum
in
Moby Dick
- Now, I consider that the phrenologists have omitted an important thing in not pushing their investigations from the cerebellum through the spinal canal.†
Chpt 79-81 *
- Sir Clifford thinks of charging twopence for a peep at the whispering gallery in the spinal column; threepence to hear the echo in the hollow of his cerebellum; and sixpence for the unrivalled view from his forehead.†
Chpt 100-102
Definition:
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(cerebellum) the part of the brain that coordinates movement and balance; a fist-sized structure in the back of the head between the cerebrum and the brain stem