The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health: Incorporated With the Phrenological Magazine Volume 2

Fowler & Wells

ISBN 10: 0461390728 / ISBN 13: 9780461390728

Published by HardPress, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health: Incorporated With the Phrenological Magazine Volume 2
• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461390728
• ISBN 13: 9780461390728
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The Phrenological Journal And Science Of Health: Incorporated With The Phrenological Magazine. This 1840 issue of the American Phrenological Journal And Miscellany collects essays, reviews, biographies, clinical reports, and public?minded arguments defending and applying phrenology to literature, education, religion, medicine, and social reform. It presents anatomically grounded portraits of the brain as the seat of mental faculties, links skull configurations to character, and argues that education and circumstance shape individuals without erasing innate dispositions. The volume surveys Morton’s Crania Americana, traces British and American reception, and profiles leading figures such as Gall, Spurzheim, Combe, Caldwell, and contemporary literary figures like Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Cowper. It includes pathology and case material on insanity and language, advocates for domestic education and women’s development, and lays out plans for phrenological cabinets, museums, and public teaching. Across a confident, promotional voice, it positions phrenology as a humane, useful science aligned with faith, learning, and social improvement.