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A system of phrenology (1839)

Combe, George, 1788-1858 · Boston, Marsh, Capen, Lyon, and Webb · leaf 595

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, and a largeaddition of skulls of the same nation, acquired by the Society fromother quarters, have long been exhibited to public inspection. Mr.Montgomery has called in question the justness of the character * At the end of this section a table of measurements is given of all the skullsmentioned… … assigned to the Hindoos, but his objections have been ablyanswered by Dr. Corden Thomson.—See Phren. Journ. vol. vi.p. 244. I still regard the statements made by Dr. Patterson tobe correct. The Societys collection contains other specimens of nationaldevelopement of brain equally interesting. The…

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