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Fowler's practical phrenology : giving a concise elementary view of phrenology : presenting some new and important remarks upon the temperaments : and describing the primary mental powers in seven different degrees of development : the mental phenomena produced by their combined action : and the location of the organs, amply illustrated by cuts : also the phrenological developments, together with the character and talents of ... as given by ...

Fowler, O. S. (Orson Squire), 1809-1887 · 1846 · New York : Kearney · 6 pictures

Fowler's Practical Phrenology is a 1846 New York treatise by the phrenologist Orson Squire Fowler, written as an elementary introduction for general readers interested in reading character from the head. Its pictures are plain line engravings of skulls and heads in profile and front view, with numbered dots and lines marking the locations of the supposed mental organs, which a designer might take as a model for labelled technical diagrams or a vintage scientific chart style.

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