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On the functions of the brain and of each of its parts: with observations on the possibility of determining the instincts, propensities, and talents, or the moral and intellectual dispositions of men and animals, by the configuration of the brain and head

by: Gall, F. J. (Franz Josef), 1758-1828; Lewis, Winslow, 1799-1875, translator

Publication date: 1835

Topics: Brain -- Localization of functions, Phrenology, Criminal anthropology, Psychology

Publisher: Boston, Marsh, Capen & Lyon

Collection: medicalheritagelibrary; umassmedschoollamarsoutter; blc; americana

Contributor: Univ. of Mass Medical School, Lamar Soutter Library

Language: English

Volume: 5-6

v. 1. On the origin of the moral qualities and intellectual faculties of man, and the conditions of their manifestation.--v. 2. On the organ of the moral qualities and intellectual faculties, and the plurality of the cerebral organs.--v. 3. The influence of the brain on the form of the head: the difficulties and means of determining the fundamental qualities and faculties, and of discovering the seat of their organs...--v. 4-5. Organology; or, An exposition of the instincts, propensities, sentiments, and talents, or the moral qualities, and the fundamental intellectual faculties in man and animals, and the seat of their organs.--v. 6. Critical review of some anatomico-physiological works; with an explanation of a new philosophy of the moral qualities and intellectual faculties