‎SPURZHEIM (G.)‎
‎OBSERVATIONS SUR LA FOLIE ou sur les dérangemens des fonctions morales et intellectuelles de l'homme. P., Treuttel, 1818, 3pp., 340pp., 2 PLANCHES --- ESSAI SUR les principes élémentaires de L'EDUCATION. P., Treuttel, 1822, (2), 224pp. --- SOIT 2 OUVRAGES RELIES EN UN VOLUME --- LES DEUX OUVRAGES SONT EN PREMIERES EDITIONS FRANCAISES -- TRES BEL EXEMPLAIRE‎

‎P., Treuttel, 1818/1820, 2 ouvrages reliés en un volume in 8 demi-basane, dos orné de fers dorés et filets dorés (reliure de l'époque)‎

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‎---- TRES BEL EXEMPLAIRE ---- PREMIERES EDITIONS FRANCAISES POUR LES DEUX OUVRAGES ---- In those works SPURZHEIM discussed PHRENOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES and their application to the the classification, treatment and prevention of mental diseases and to the education ---- "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**6965/H5‎