Statistics of phrenology : being a sketch of the progress and present state of that science in the British Islands.

  • Hewett Watson
Date:
1836
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Credit: Statistics of phrenology : being a sketch of the progress and present state of that science in the British Islands. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    7. Tabular Views. Subject to the doubts and uncertainties before men- tioned, the following Tables may represent the progress and present state of Phrenology in Britain : — Aggregate Numbers. Phrenological Societies now in existence 24? - Meetings of such Societies each year^ - 550 r^Iembers of Phrenological Societies - 900 Avowed Phrenologists - - - 5,000 Believers in Phrenology • - 100,000 Phrenological Works - - - 66 . Ditto, including different editions - 95 Volumes presumed to have been sold - 64',000 ' The printed copies of ]Mr. Combe's five works alone - - - - 41,415 Authors of Phrenological Works - 24 Writers on Phrenology - - 75 Phrenological casts, busts, &c. - - 15,000 Ditto, excluding duplicates - - 5,000 Phrenological lectures, ] 815—1S36 - 1,000 Pecuniary Value, ^c. Income of Phrenological Societies Value of Phrenological Works (single copies) to 1S35 Ditto, a copy of each edition Ditto, of all volumes sold Ditto, of ■Nlr.Combe's Morks alone Paid fur lectures, 1S15—-1836 £ s. d. 400 0 0 21 0 0 25 0 0 18,462 10 0 7,531 2 6 5,000 0 0
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