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Sexual instinct

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Images referencing Sexual instinct

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  • The human brain, divided according to Bernard Hollander's system of phrenology. Process print with pen and ink, c. 1902.
  • The bases of three skulls: a new born infant's, a misogynist's, and a man suffering from satyriasis. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.

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    A defence of phrenology: containing I. An essay on the nature and value of phrenological evidence; II. A vindication of phrenology against the attack of Dr. John Augustine Smith / By A. Boardman.

    Boardman, Andrew. | Date: 1847
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    The human brain, divided according to Bernard Hollander's system of phrenology. Process print with pen and ink, c. 1902.

    | Date: [approximately 1902] | Reference: 27959i
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    The dawn of the deed : the prehistoric origins of sex / John A. Long.

    Long, John, 1957- | Date: 2012
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    Chronic diseases : especially the nervous diseases of women / by D. Rosch ; tr. from the German by Charles Dummig.

    Rosch, D., active 19th century. | Date: 1850, ©1849
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    Recherches cliniques sur les anomalies de l'instinct sexuel.

    Sérieux, Paul, 1864- | Date: 1888

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