Phrenology: the Science of the Mind, the Student's Enchyridion

Phrenology: the Science of the Mind, the Student's Enchyridion

Phrenology

Blackford, J. P.

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Designed for students and a testament to the enduring interest in phrenology, this manual attempts to reconcile phrenology with anatomy and "to demonstrate the possibility of the accurate localisation of the phrenological organs in the brain, upon the external surface of the living head". The author, J. P. Blackford, was a past-president of the British Phrenological Society and active in its educational programs. According to his obituary, his head had a 22-inch circumference while the "shape of his brow indicated he was a keen and accurate observer, fond of detailed knowledge, and distinctly scientific in his methods of investigation. He was a penetrative reader of character, the study of human nature having a special fascination for him."

Title page of Phrenology: the Science of the Mind, the Student's Enchyridion by James Peadern Blackford

Blackford, J. P.

J. M. Severn

1928

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Purchased for the Boston Medical Library through the Oliver F. Wadsworth Fund, 1931