Galileo and Bruegel from Anatomie et Physiologie du Système Nerveux

Galileo and Bruegel from Anatomie et Physiologie du Système Nerveux

Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642

Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569

Gall, F. J. (Franz Joseph), 1758-1828 (author)

Phrenology

Portraits

Anatomie et Physiologie du Système Nerveux is the seminal work in which Gall discusses the location of the original twenty-seven cerebral faculties and the functions of each. The first two volumes, concerning the anatomical structure of the brain, were produced in conjunction with J. G. Spurzheim. The text of the Anatomie is complemented by an atlas of engravings of human and animal crania; the cerebral faculties are illustrated by engravings of the heads and faces of artists, authors, and philosophers, including Kant, Socrates, Plato, Rembrandt, and Christ.

Plates of Galileo and Bruegel which were used as illustrations for Anatomie et Physiologie du Système Nerveux, written by Franz Joseph Gall

Gall, F. J. (Franz Joseph), 1758-1828

F. Schoell

1810-1819

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Gift of Dr. C. Macfie Campbell to the Boston Medical Library, 1942