Observations on the size of the brain in various races and families of man
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Title
Observations on the size of the brain in various races and families of man
Subject
Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Craniology
Craniometry
Description
A four page pamphlet by Samuel George Morton from the October 1849 Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences. Morton determined a "relative size of the brain in various races" based on the internal measurement of 623 human crania through cubic inches. A table is provided with his findings; however, he leaves out the measurements of "children, idiots and mixed races." Morton notes other aspects where his sample size lacks representation of particular groups.
Abstract
Samuel George Morton's pamphlet about the relative size of a human brain.
Creator
Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851
Publisher
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Date Created
October 1849
Is Part Of
Countway Medicine Rare Books RD628 D38 1857 no 8
Format
text
Language
English
Type
text
Identifier
TBD
Citation
Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851, “Observations on the size of the brain in various races and families of man,” OnView, accessed April 23, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/25423.