Front matter
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PHRENOLOGY,
Index To Biography
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Dedication, 7
Preliminary remarks, 9
Birth and parentage of Spurzheim, . . . 12
Notice of Dr. Gall, ib.
Gall and Spurzheim leave Vienna, 22
Places where they visited, 23
Visit to the Prison of Berlin, 25
do. to the fortress of Spandau, 27
Spurzheim does not admit organs of ' murder and theft,' 29
Reception of Gall and Spurzheim's doctrines, 30
They present a memoir to the French Institute, 32
Cuvier and Buonaparte, ib.
Gall and Spurzheim publish their large work, 36
Character of Dr. Gall, 37
Spurzheim leaver Paris for Vienna and London, 42
His reception in London , 43
Opinions of Mr. Abernethy, 44
Spurzheim visits Bath, Bristol, Cork and Dublin, 47
Abusive attack of the Edinburgh Review, ib.
Spurzheim visits Edinburgh, his reception and success, . . 50
do. visit to Mr. Mylne's workshop, ib.
Answer to Gordon, 53
He returns to Paris, 55
Instance of his judgment upon a brain, 56
State of Phrenology in Paris 1821, 59
Marriage of Spurzheim, 62
Lectures prohibited in Paris, 1824, 6 >
He revisits London, his reception, &,c. ib.
Tone of Public Journals, 64
Works published in London, 1825, 68
Visit to Cambridge, his reception, ' . . . . 6S
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do. to Hull, 70
do. to the ' Refuge for the Insane,' 73
do. to Edinburgh 1825, 77
Change in the Edinburgh^Review, ib.
Correspondence between Spurzheim and Sir Wm. Hamilton, 81 Account of Dinner given to Spurzheim by the Edinburgh
Phrenological Society, 84
Visit to the City Lunatic Asylum, 90
do. to the Children's Hospital, 92
do. to Glasgow, 93
do. Liverpool and other places, 94
do. to Liverpool House of Correction, ib.
Death of Mrs. Spurzheim, 96
Visit to Dublin, 97
Returns to Paris, ib.
Phrenology in Paris, ib.
Leaves Havre for the United States, 103
Arrives in New York, 104
Visits New-Haven and Hartford, 105
Visit to Weathersfield State Prison, 106
Arrival in Boston, ib.
Lecture before the American Institute, 107
Lectures on Phrenology in Boston and Cambridge, ib.
Visit to Mr. Fowle's School, 109
do. to Mr. Field's School, 117
His sickness and death, . . 118
Dr. Jackson's statement, 123
Proceedings in relation to his death, 133
Resolutions of the Boston Medical Association, 136
Funeral Ceremonies, 138
Ode by the Rev. J. Pierpont, ib
View of Spurzheim as a man, 140
do. do. as a Philosopher, 142
do. do. as a Christian, 144
Resolutions of Edinburgh Phrenological Society, 166
Contents
ILLUSTRATION OP CHARACTERS.
Introduction,
Definition of Physiognomy, .
Chap I. — Physiognomical Signs of the Body Size and Configuration of the Body
Organic Constitution or Temperament of the Body,
Physiognomy of the Body of the Sexes Chap. II. — Physiognomical Signs of the Face,
Faces of the Sexes,
National Faces, Chap. III. — Physiognomical Signs of the
Mode of Considering the Physiognomical Signs of the head,
Of differences among Heads,
Heads of the Sexes,
Heads of various Nations,
Section II
Chap. I. — Of the Cerebral Organization of different Characters, 47
Characters in relation to Morality, . . 49 Caracalla and Zeno, .... 52, 56 Nero and Seneca, 59, 61
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Cardinal Richelieu and Walsingham
Alexander VI. and Fr. Oberlin,
Godoi, Prince of Peace, and Peter Jeannin
Chap. I. — Danton and Malesherbes, Gregory VII. and Pius VII.
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