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Gall, F. J. (Franz Joseph), 1758-1828.
Title: On the functions of the brain and of each of its parts : with
observations on the possibility of determining the instincts, propensities,
and talents, or the moral and intellectual dispositions of men and animals,
by the configuration of the brain and head.
Uniform Title: Sur les fonctions du cerveau et sur celles de chacune des ses parties.
Where Published: Boston, MA
Subject(s):
Additional Info: Volume 1 of 6. Series statement: The phrenological library ; v.
1-6. In six volumes, with individual titles; each volume also with a
half-title and an engraved series t.p.: The phrenological library. Edited
by Nahum Capen. Contents: (from vol. t.p.'s) v. 1. On the origin of the
moral qualities and intellectual faculties of man, and the conditions of
their manifestations. -- v. 2. On the organ of the moral qualities and
intellectual faculties, and the plurality of the cerebral organs. -- v. 3.
The influence of the brain on the form of the head. -- v. 4-5. Organology.
-- v. 6. Critical review of some anatomico-physiological works, with an
explanation of a new philosophy of the moral qualities and intellectual
faculties.
Title: On the functions of the brain and of each of its parts : with
observations on the possibility of determining the instincts, propensities,
and talents, or the moral and intellectual dispositions of men and animals,
by the configuration of the brain and head.
Uniform Title: Sur les fonctions du cerveau et sur celles de chacune des ses parties.
Where Published: Boston, MA
Subject(s):
Additional Info: Volume 1 of 6. Series statement: The phrenological library ; v.
1-6. In six volumes, with individual titles; each volume also with a
half-title and an engraved series t.p.: The phrenological library. Edited
by Nahum Capen. Contents: (from vol. t.p.'s) v. 1. On the origin of the
moral qualities and intellectual faculties of man, and the conditions of
their manifestations. -- v. 2. On the organ of the moral qualities and
intellectual faculties, and the plurality of the cerebral organs. -- v. 3.
The influence of the brain on the form of the head. -- v. 4-5. Organology.
-- v. 6. Critical review of some anatomico-physiological works, with an
explanation of a new philosophy of the moral qualities and intellectual
faculties.