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Nahum Capen

American author and publisher

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    Reminiscences of Dr. Spurzheim and George Combe : and a review of the science of phrenology, from the period of its discovery by Dr. Gall, to the time of the visit of George Combe to the United States, 1838, 1840 / by Nahum Capen.

    Nahum Capen | Date: 1881
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    Reminiscences of Dr. Spurzheim and George Combe, and a review of the science of phrenology, from the period of its discovery by Dr. Gall, to the time of the visit of George Combe to the United States, 1838, 1840 / by Nahum Capen.

    Nahum Capen | Date: 1881
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    On the functions of the brain and of each of its parts : with observations on the possibility of determining the instincts, propensities, and talents, or the moral and intellectual dispositions of men and animals, by the configuration of the brain and head.

    Franz Joseph Gall | Date: [1835]
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    Phrenology, in connexion with the study of physiognomy : illustration of characters / by J.G. Spurzheim.

    Johann Spurzheim | Date: 1833
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    On the functions of the brain and of each of its parts : with observations on the possibility of determining the instincts, propensities, and talents, or the moral and intellectual dispositions of men and animals, by the configuration of the brain and head.

    Franz Joseph Gall | Date: [1835]
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