‎SPURZHEIM (G.)‎
‎Observations sur la folie ou sur les dérangemens des fonctions morales et intellectuelles de l'homme -- PREMIERE EDITION FRANCAISE‎

‎P., Treuttel, 1818, un volume in 8 relié en demi-basane verte, dos orné de filets dorés (reliure de l'époque), (petites rousseurs aux derniers feuillets), 8pp., 340pp., 2 PLANCHES‎

Reference : 6964

‎BON EXEMPLAIRE ---- PREMIERE EDITION FRANCAISE --- EXEMPLAIRE DU PSYCHIATRE L. LUNIER AVEC SA SIGNATURE SUR LA PAGE DE FAUX-TITRE ---- "In this work SPURZHEIM discussed PHRENOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES and their application to the classification, treatment and prevention of mental diseases" ---- "SPURZHEIM, with GALL, invented and advanced the science of phrenology, a concept holding that the moral, sexual and intellectual traits of an individual are linked to corresponding protuberances of the brain which in turn manifest themselves as lumps on the skull... Although phrenology was eventually discredited, the theory that the functions of the brain are localized within the cerebrum must justly be considered a major contribution to anatomy and physiology...". (Heirs of Hippocrates) ---- Haymaker pp. 31, 33 - McHenry pp. 78, 146, etc - Hunter & Macalpine pp. 711/20 - Zilboorg p. 412 - DSB XII - Ellenberger**6964/H5‎