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The illustrated self-instructor in phrenology and physiology : with one hundred engravings, and a chart of the character / by O. S. and L. N. Fowler.

Popular Medicine in America, 1800-1900 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Fowler, O. S. (Orson Squire), 1809-1887, author.
Fowler, L. N. (Lorenzo Niles), 1811-1896, author.
Contributor:
Library Company of Philadelphia, owner.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Phrenology.
Physiology.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 volume (viii, 134 pages)) : illustrations.
Place of Publication:
New York : Fowlers and Wells, 1855.
Notes:
Collection reference: 69986.D
Includes chart for David Atwood, given by O. S. Fowler, April 1856.
Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Library Company of Philadelphia's catalogue, and 'An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform', compiled by Christopher Hoolihan.
The Fowler brothers were the chief publishers of phrenology; they boasted the largest mail order business in New York. They were also its leading performers; they were constantly on the road doing public readings of character.
Description based on online resource (last viewed March 21, 2025).

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