Synopsis of phrenology and the phrenological developments : together with the character and talents of [blank] as given by [blank] : with reference to those pages of "Phrenology proved, illiustrated, and applied," in which will be found a full and correct delineation of the intellectual and moral character and manifestations of the above-named individual / by O.S. Fowler.

  • Fowler, O. S. (Orson Squire), 1809-1887.
Date:
[1838]
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Credit: Synopsis of phrenology and the phrenological developments : together with the character and talents of [blank] as given by [blank] : with reference to those pages of "Phrenology proved, illiustrated, and applied," in which will be found a full and correct delineation of the intellectual and moral character and manifestations of the above-named individual / by O.S. Fowler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Explanation op the Cuts, (abbreviated c.) Cut 1 shows the location, number, and abbreviated name of the organs : 2, their general divisions or classification.- 3, 4, present occipital and frontal views of the organs; 5 is a profile cut of Washington : 6, of Franklin : 7, of Herschel: 8, 9, oi Le Blanc, the murderer of Judge Sayre and family, of N. J.: 10 represents a well balanced, or perfect head : 11 is a cut of a highly intellectual female, and one endowed with great versatility of talents: 12, 13, are cuts of Me-che-Ke-le-a-tah, the celebrated war-chief of the Miami Indians: 14 w a cut of Aurelia Chase, murderer of Dr. Durkey's wife, Bait.: 15, of Black Hawk: 16, 17, of an Indian chief: 18, of De Witt Clinton: 19, of Bru- nell. engineer of the Thames tunnel, Eng.: 20, of Philip, a notorious thief and'liar, (p. 320) : 21, 27, of a skull found on the British lines at York town, Va.: 22, 23, of a remarkably intelligent monkey: 24, 32, of a hyena: 25,26, of a N. A. Indian : 28, of an idiotick child : 29, of a full-grown idiot: 30,37, of an ichneumon: 31,36, of a fox: 34, crow: 37, 43, of a very cun- ning and roguish cat: 40, of Shakspeare, from an English portrait, said to be the most correct extant: 41, of Robert Hall: 42, a New Zealander. , [The small figures (second row,) placed before the names of the organs, are the numbers of Spurzheim.] Dffinitions.—1, or Vert Small, means almost wholly wanting: 2, or Small, feeble and inactive ; 3, or Moderate, signifies rather below mediocrity ; active only in a subordinate degree ; and having only a limited influence upon the mind and character: 4, or Average, means fair, or between moderate and full, and includes the general analysis of the faculties : 5, or Full, signifies respectable, though not marked or control- ling : 6, or Large, applied to an organ, shows that its corresponding faculty has a powerful and an energetick influence upon the capabilities and feelings, if not conduct: 7, or Vert Larhe, means predominant, especially over the less energetick faculties; constituting and giving tone and direction to the character and talents; easily excited, and powerful in action; and quite liable to perversion and abuse. The size of the head of the individual examined, the degree of activity, the quantum, or amount, of mental strength and power, the sharpness and the smoothness of the phrenological organs, and the corresponding degree ef excitability of the faculties, and the various proportions of the tempera^ ments, together with the relative development of the several classes of organs, will be indicated in the same manner. The cuts do not show the relative size. The sign -f, (plus, or more,) placed before or after a figure, shows that it is larger than it is marked, yet not enough so to require the next larger figure : the sign —, (minus, or less,) that it is not quite as much as it is marked. These signs add and diminish nearly one-half of a degree. Excesses and defects of character are marked by curved dashes. A curved dash drawn under a figure, thus ,6, or £, indicates that the organs thus marked, considered in reference to their combinations, are liable to be over exercised, or perverted, and require to be closely watched and judiciously directed, or else restrained ; a curved dash drawn over a written figure, thus 2, signifies that the weakness of the faculty thus marked, constitutes a palpable defect of character, and that it should be cultivated and stimulated. The printed figures in the margin, refer to the number of their respective faculties, or the order in which they are described, and the figures in the cuts, to the location of the corresponding faculties in the head, except the figures under, or in the open parts of the cuts, which refer to their number