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An opinionated child ignores his parents; representing the faculty of obstinacy in phrenology. Steel engraving, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

The Virgin Mary prays to the infant Jesus, who is being carried by four kneeling angels; they all stand in a circle around the sun drawn on the ground. Aquatint with etching by C.M. Metz after D. Ghirlandaio.

The birth of Christ; female angels swoon through the air; Joseph looks on. Aquatint by T. Piroli, 1796, after W. Y. Ottley.

A man sitting erect on a chair; representing pride as a type of the 'sentiment' of self esteem, a phrenological 'faculty'. Steel engraving by C. Devrits, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

How accidents happen : when lifting... when carrying... and remember / prepared for the Ministry of Labour and National Service by the Central Office of Information.

A young man posing in the street with hat and cane: three views. Stipple engraving after H.W. Bunbury.

An Italian brigand attacking a gentleman on a road; exhibiting the phrenological 'propensity' of 'destructiveness'. Steel engraving by S. Wolff, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

Guidelines to correct back posture in Djibouti. Colour lithograph, ca. 2000.

Men of opposing social classes in a game of boules; illustrating the faculty of weight and resistance in phrenology. Steel engraving by A. Portier, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

Legs in various attitudes. Engraving after C. Le Brun.

The influence of bodily posture on mental activities / by Elmer Ellsworth Jones.

School life in its influence on sight : a lecture delivered before the College of Preceptors at the House of the Society of Arts, July 13, 1872 / by R. Liebreich.

World War One: back view of a man seated on a cushion on the ground. Black chalk drawing, c. 1914.

Essentials of body mechanics in health and disease / Joel E. Goldthwait [and others].

Body mechanics in the study and treatment of disease / by Joel E. Goldthwait [and others].

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The influence of bodily posture on mental activities / by Elmer Ellsworth Jones.

School life in its influence on sight : a lecture delivered before the College of Preceptors at the House of the Society of Arts, July 13, 1872 / by R. Liebreich.

World War One: back view of a man seated on a cushion on the ground. Black chalk drawing, c. 1914.

Essentials of body mechanics in health and disease / Joel E. Goldthwait [and others].

Body mechanics in the study and treatment of disease / by Joel E. Goldthwait [and others].