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A system of phrenology (1835)

Combe, George, 1788-1858 · Boston, Marsh, Capen, and Lyon · leaf 91

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al appearance will suffice to convey an idea of it tothe non-medical reader. The proper subjects for observation arehealthy individuals below the middle period of life. The brain,stript of its outer covering, the dura mater, is represented in figures1. and 2. These figures and the accompanying… … B Figure 1 represents the upper surface of the brain, stript of membrane ; the skull,through the middle part of which a horizontal section is made, surrounds it.The front is at A; and the line A B is the division between the two hemis-pheres. A strong membrane called the falciform process of the…

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