A phrenological chart, presenting a synopsis of the science of phrenology : the phrenological analysis of the primitive powers of the mind, in their various degrees of developement, the phenomena produced by their combined activity, and the location of the corresponding organs, together with the phrenological character of [blank] / by J. Fletcher.
A phrenology chart by J. Fletcher, printed in Boston in 1837 by Cassady & March, presenting a synopsis of the science and mapping the mental faculties onto the skull. The first picture shows four plaster-style heads with numbered cranial zones, and the second shows a profile head with measuring lines and lettered points, offering a designer clear diagrammatic labeling and anatomical outline motifs.
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