A male brain, sectioned vertically. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.

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1901
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28021i
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A male brain, sectioned vertically. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London (9 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden) ; New York : Grant Richards : G.P. Putnam's sons, 1901.

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Vertical section of male brain. From Gall's Atlas 1809 (reduced) ... Lettering continues: "Notice the depth of the occipital fossæ owing to the larger size of the cerebellum, compared with the female. (Figure XIII in front of the fissure of Rolando represents the "Leg-centre" or "Firmness.")

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Wellcome Collection 28021i

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Original design from the 'Atlas' of 100 plates to Gall's 'Anatomie et physiologie du système nerveux en général, et du cerveau en particulier' (4 volumes; Paris, 1810-1819)

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