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An introduction to phrenology (1837)

Macnish, Robert, 1802-1837 · Glasgow, John Symington & Co.; Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd; London, Whittaker & Co. · leaf 65

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ads are fiat in this situation, and narrow above theears, are never destructive. When the external opening ofthe ear is placed very low, it is one sign of large Destructive-ness. The skull delineated in the engraving exhibits aremarkably large development of this organ. It belongedto an… … How was the organ first ascertained ? Dr. Gall first noticed it by observing the difference atthis particular situation, between the heads of carnivorousand graminivorous animals. In the former the quantity ofbrain in the region of Destructiveness is great; in the latterthe reverse.33 When does…

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