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A system of phrenology (1834)

Combe, George, 1788-1858, Combe, George, 1788-1858. Essays on phrenology, or, An inquiry into the principles and utility of the system of Drs. Gall and Spurzheim, and into the objections made against it, American Antiquarian Society, former owner. DNLM · Boston : Marsh, Capen, and Lyon · leaf 568

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ousebreaking and theft, is anexample of this combination. In his head the three orders of organs are well devel-oped, but the region of the Sentiments, lyingabove the asterisks, is deficient in size, inproportion to the basilar and occipital regionsmanifesting the Propensities. While subject-ed to… … 548 COMBINATIONS IN ACTIVITY. The principles now laid down remove an objection that hasfrequently been stated, viz. that as different combinations modifythe manner in which the faculties are manifested, and as the func-tions of some parts at the base of the brain are still undiscovered,no certainty…

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