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Images

  • A man whose face expresses, according to Lavater, a great capacity for discernment. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Left profile of a head showing depressed frontal lobes. Drawing, c. 1900.
  • A man writing; representing the faculty of memory. Engraving, 16--.
  • A woman holds the sun in her hand; representing the faculty of understanding. Engraving, 16--.
  • Head of a boy in profile, used to illustrate phrenological classifications of mental pathology.
  • Right profile of head with depressed frontal lobes, divided up to show the location of all the lobes. Drawing, c. 1900.
  • An artist painting a woman with a hand mirror and the devil; representing the faculty of the imagination. Engraving, 16--.
  • Head of a man whose physiognomy shows prudence and ingenuity. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • A man writing; representing the faculty of memory. Engraving, 16--.
  • A woman with a globe containing a face; representing the faculty of the will. Engraving, 16--.
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Works

    • Books

    Intelligence and mental growth / by Claude A. Claremont.

    Claremont, Claude Albert. | Date: 1927
    • Books

    Quest : the essence of humanity / Charles Pasternak.

    Pasternak, Charles A. (Charles Alexander) | Date: 2003
    • Books

    Race, IQ, and Jensen / James R. Flynn.

    Flynn, James R. (James Robert), 1934-2020 | Date: 1980
  • view Twins and orphans : the inheritance of intelligence / by Alex. H. Wingfield.
    • Books
    • Online

    Twins and orphans : the inheritance of intelligence / by Alex. H. Wingfield.

    Wingfield, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton) | Date: 1928
    • Books

    IQ and mental testing : an unnatural science and its social history / Brian Evans and Bernard Waites.

    Evans, Brian | Date: 1981
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