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Phrenological chart, presenting an outline of phrenology : the names and explanations of the different primitive faculties, an analysis of their relative degrees of developement, with the phrenological character and talents of [blank] as given by [blank].

National Library of Medicine (U.S.) · 1841 · Boston : J.N. Bang, 1841. · 1 picture

A phrenology chart published in Boston in 1841 by J.N. Bang, offering a numbered outline of the supposed mental faculties for public use. The pictures show two line-drawn heads, one front-facing with numbered skull zones and one in profile labelled with sentiment and propensity names. A designer could take the diagram's numbered grid and labelled head outlines as a clear model for explanatory infographics.

Phrenology

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