Reflections on Gall and Spurzheim's systme of physiognomy and phrenology / [John Abernethy].

  • Abernethy, John, 1764-1831
Date:
1821]
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Credit: Reflections on Gall and Spurzheim's systme of physiognomy and phrenology / [John Abernethy]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    An ADDRESS, &c. Gentlemen, Those sentiments and opinions which it is necessary man should entertain for his proper conduct in life, seem to be so readily acquired from the general contem¬ plation of nature, and the operations of our own minds, that many have believed them to be innate or intuitive. They ap¬ pear also to be more and more confirmed by the researches of science and the progressive accumulation of knowledge. Surely no man ever deduced opinions from a more accurate, minute, and extensive examination of all the vital phenomena, in every variety of living being, than Mr. Hunter ; and none ever displayed B