A system of phrenology.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Combe, George, 1788-1858, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Phrenology.

Medical Subjects:

Phrenology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Third American from the third Edinburgh edition.

Other Title:

APA PsycBOOKS.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Marsh, Capen, and Lyon, 1835.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Summary:

"The call for a third edition of this work is a proof that the public continues to take an interest in the subject of which it treats. In the Introduction to this edition, a full exposition is presented of the principles on which Phrenology is founded, written for the information of readers who may be. in doubt whether or not it is worthy of philosophical consideration. In other parts of the work, considerable additions have been made. Figures have been introduced to illustrate the forms of several of the heads described. These, although far from being sufficient to convey complete and correct notions of the objects represented, will be useful in giving more precision to the reader's conceptions, and may induce him to make observations in the great field of nature. It was my wish to have had all the figures drawn to a scale, but (lie engraver has not been successful in realizing this intention. The outline is accurate, and there is an approximation to one standard of proportion in the different figures; but it is not such as enables me to exhibit a scale"--Publicity materials. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved).

Notes:

Includes index.

Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2012. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2012 dcunns

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