Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1317

JOHANN GASPAR SPURZHEIM (1776-1832) Phrenology: or, The doctrine of the mind, and of the relations between its manifestations and the body. C. Knight 1825 3rd ed. viii, 303 pp., [15] leaves of plates. 21.5 cm.

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Spurzheim produced a number of works in English on phrenology. In this book he presents the major tenets of the science, such as the belief that the brain is an "aggregation of organs," including such parts as the "organ of self-esteem," "organ of marvelousness," "organ of ideality," etc. Drawings of appropriately shaped craniums are included to demonstrate the dominance of the various traits and their corresponding protuberances.

Cited references: Cushing S374

Gift of John Martin, M.D.