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Phrenology: personality is based on the shape of the skull...
Phrenology: personality is based on the shape of the skull...
Item # 691010
September 01, 1853
AMERICAN PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL, New York, September, 1853 Phrenology is a theory stating that the personality traits of a person can be derived from the shape of the skull. Although holding no validity today, it was a popular science in the mid-19th century and this periodical focused on it.
Inside has several prints of various skulls & related articles. Also a print of & article on: "William Gilmore Simms", a Southern political & staunch defender of slavery. Also a print of "Charles Caldwell", a noted U.S. physician who is best known for starting what would become the University of Louisville School of Medicine and is one of the earliest proponents of polygenism (races had different origins).
Complete in 24 pages, 9 by 11 1/4 inches, very nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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