Some account of Dr. Gall's new theory of physiognomy founded upon the anatomy & physiology of the brain, with the critical strictures of C. W. Hufeland.

  • Robinson, Henry Crabb, 1775-1867.
Date:
1807
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Credit: Some account of Dr. Gall's new theory of physiognomy founded upon the anatomy & physiology of the brain, with the critical strictures of C. W. Hufeland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    PREFACE, JT is a circumstance not Very honourable to the state of Science and literature in this Country, that the recent discoveries, or pre- tended discoveries of a distinguished phy- sician abroad> concerning the structure of the brain, as the receptacle of distinct organs of mind, and the form of the skull, as the basis of a new science of physiognomy; should have become art object of satire, before they have been fairly made a subject of examination, This new notion (for it does not pretend to be a system) of Cranio- logy and Crauioscopy has become a theme of ridicule, and yet scarcely any thing has ap- peared in the English language on the sub- ject, but some short essays in magazines, translated from German newspapers; which translated articles were written more in thq stile of Mr. Bays’s Comedy to “ strike and astonish” than to convey a correct notion to B' the