Cerebration is a general term for the functions of the cerebrum and cerebellum. Manipulation means the functions of hands, and the writer thinks that it would be well if cardiation and its fellow, cardiate, were commonly used.
The heart is an autonomy like the brain, eye, ear, epithelium, etc. Indeed, some concede autonomy to every cell in the human body. Hence it is modest to claim autonomy for the heart on general principles for the following reasons: The heart has nerves enough of its own to run it. Some three hundred years ago a Dutch anatomist executed a life-size copper engraving of the cardiac ganglionic nerve centers. The heart was covered with white ganglia about half an inch in diameter, connected with radiating nervefibers, like streets or railways between cities. While a medical student, I killed a fresh-water snapper turtle of about thirty pounds weight. The heart, entirely removed, beat