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Chaussegros, Vital, b.1769.Date: 1834Reference: MS.1575
Part of: Chaussegros, Vital (1769- )
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A woman in evening dress, attended by a man; the woman representing the 'sentiment' of self esteem, a 'faculty' according to phrenology. Steel engraving by J-I-L. Desjardins, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
Bruyères, Hippolyte.Date: [1847]Reference: 27618i
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Prevention and early intervention : individual differences as risk factors for the mental health of children a festschrift for Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas / edited by William B. Carey and Sean C. McDevitt.
Date: [1994], ©1994
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An artist measures a model of the human body from a distance with one eye shut; representing the faculty of perception in extended space in phrenological classification. Steel engraving by J-I-L. Desjardins, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
Bruyères, Hippolyte.Date: [1847]Reference: 27622i
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A man whose physiognomy expresses, according to Lavater, openness of mind, taste, a happy memory, and wit. Drawing, c. 1789.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 28741i
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Profile of a melancholy man with characteristics of penetration, fear, and distrust. Drawing, c. 1792.
Date: 1792?Reference: 29947i
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An opinionated child ignores his parents; representing the faculty of obstinacy in phrenology. Steel engraving, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
Bruyères, Hippolyte.Date: [1847]Reference: 27620i
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Cirillus (or Cyrillus), Nicolaus (1671-1734)
Cirillus (or Cyrillus), Nicolaus, 1671-1734.Date: 1699-1735Reference: MSS.1641-1654
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A woman whose physiognomy expresses (according to Lavater) weakness, affectation and languor. Engraving by Barlow, 19th century, after J.M. Schmutzer.
Jakob Matthias SchmutzerReference: 31810i
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Collection of medical works, etc. in Italian and Latin (Miscellanea Medica II)
Date: c.1465Reference: MS.532
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The temperaments, or, The varieties of physical constitution in man : considered in their relations to mental character and the practical affairs of life / by D.H. Jacques.
Daniel Harrison JacquesDate: 1878
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Skull of a woman known for her moral propriety. Lithograph, c. 1835.
Date: 1835Reference: 28121i
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The pedigree of disease : being six lectures on temperament, idiosyncrasy and diathesis / delivered in the theatre of the Royal College of Surgeons in the session of 1881 by Jonathan Hutchinson.
Jonathan HutchinsonDate: 1884
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Institutionum medicarum
Cirillus (or Cyrillus), Nicolaus, 1671-1734.Date: 1730Reference: MS.1650
Part of: Cirillus (or Cyrillus), Nicolaus (1671-1734)
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A bust showing a phlegmatic-sanguine temperament. Drawing, c. 1792.
Date: 1792?Reference: 29967i
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The optick glasse of humors. Or The touchstone of a golden temperature, or the Philosophers stone to make a golden temper : wherein the foure complections sanguine, cholericke, phlegmaticke, melancholicke are succinctly painted forth, and their externall intimates laide open to the purblind eye of ignorance it selfe, by which euery one may iudge of what complection he is, and answerably learne what is most sutable to his nature. Lately pend by T.W. Master of Artes.
Thomas WalkingtonDate: 1607
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The optick glasse of humors or The touchstone of a golden temperature, or the Philosophers stone to make a golden temper : Wherein the foure complections sanguine, cholericke, phligmaticke, melancholicke are succinctly painted forth and their externall intimates laid open to the purblind eye of ignorance it selfe, by which euery one may iudge, of what complection he is, and answerably learne what is most sutable to his nature. By T.W. Master of Artes.
Thomas WalkingtonDate: 1639
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An Italian brigand attacking a gentleman on a road; exhibiting the phrenological 'propensity' of 'destructiveness'. Steel engraving by S. Wolff, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
Bruyères, Hippolyte.Date: [1847]Reference: 27615i
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Galeni Pergamensis De temperamentis : et De inaequali intemperie libri tres, Thomas Linacro Anglo interprete. Opus non medicis modo, sed et philosophis oppido q[uam] necessariu[m] nunc primum prodit in lucem cum gratia & priuilegio. Impressum apud praeclaram Cantabrigiam per Joannem Siberch, anno MDXXI / reproduced in exact facsimile, with an introduction by Joseph Frank Payne ... and a portrait of Thomas Linacre.
Date: 1881
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The natural history of the human temperaments : their laws in relation to marriage, and the fatal consequences of their violation to progeny, with the indications of vigorous life and longevity : followed by a fugitive essay on the protection of society against crime / by W. Byrd Powell.
W. Byrd PowellDate: 1869
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Galenic miscellany
Date: Mid 14th centuryReference: MS.286
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A first-rate madness : uncovering the links between leadership and mental illness / Nassir Ghaemi.
S. Nassir GhaemiDate: 2011
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The Regiment of Healthe
Date: 1625-1682Reference: MS.674
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Three physiognomies. Drawing, c. 1789.
Date: 1789?Reference: 28807i
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Character and temperament / by Joseph Jastrow.
Joseph JastrowDate: 1915

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A woman in evening dress, attended by a man; the woman representing the 'sentiment' of self esteem, a 'faculty' according to phrenology. Steel engraving by J-I-L. Desjardins, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

Prevention and early intervention : individual differences as risk factors for the mental health of children a festschrift for Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas / edited by William B. Carey and Sean C. McDevitt.

An artist measures a model of the human body from a distance with one eye shut; representing the faculty of perception in extended space in phrenological classification. Steel engraving by J-I-L. Desjardins, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

A man whose physiognomy expresses, according to Lavater, openness of mind, taste, a happy memory, and wit. Drawing, c. 1789.

Profile of a melancholy man with characteristics of penetration, fear, and distrust. Drawing, c. 1792.

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

Cirillus (or Cyrillus), Nicolaus (1671-1734)

A woman whose physiognomy expresses (according to Lavater) weakness, affectation and languor. Engraving by Barlow, 19th century, after J.M. Schmutzer.

Collection of medical works, etc. in Italian and Latin (Miscellanea Medica II)

The temperaments, or, The varieties of physical constitution in man : considered in their relations to mental character and the practical affairs of life / by D.H. Jacques.

Skull of a woman known for her moral propriety. Lithograph, c. 1835.

The pedigree of disease : being six lectures on temperament, idiosyncrasy and diathesis / delivered in the theatre of the Royal College of Surgeons in the session of 1881 by Jonathan Hutchinson.

Institutionum medicarum

A bust showing a phlegmatic-sanguine temperament. Drawing, c. 1792.

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

The natural history of the human temperaments : their laws in relation to marriage, and the fatal consequences of their violation to progeny, with the indications of vigorous life and longevity : followed by a fugitive essay on the protection of society against crime / by W. Byrd Powell.

Galenic miscellany

A first-rate madness : uncovering the links between leadership and mental illness / Nassir Ghaemi.

The Regiment of Healthe

Three physiognomies. Drawing, c. 1789.

Character and temperament / by Joseph Jastrow.