Essays on phrenology, or an inquiry into the principles and utility of the system of Drs. Gall and Spurzheim, and into the objections made against it / by George Combe ; with notes and additions, comprehending memoirs on the anatomy of the brain, and on insanity.

  • Combe, George, 1788-1858.
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1822
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Essays on phrenology, or an inquiry into the principles and utility of the system of Drs. Gall and Spurzheim, and into the objections made against it / by George Combe ; with notes and additions, comprehending memoirs on the anatomy of the brain, and on insanity. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Philadelphia : Printed for H. C. Carey and I. Lea, 1822.

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7 unnumbered pages, 463 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, folded table ; 22 cm

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"This edition contains a memoir on the anatomy of the brain, translated from the work of Gall and Spurzheim, entitled Recherches sur le système nerveux en général et sur celui du cerveau en particulier,"--Pref
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