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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Phrenological gem: A concise view of the science, with its moral influence |
| Reference | 70045.D |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Collection | Rosenberg |
| Date | c. 1835 |
| Publisher / Printer / Lithographer | Charles S. Francis |
| Place of Creation | New York |
| Description | Phrenology became a system of pop psychology, a form of career and marital counselling. It assumed that the mind is divided into 37 "faculties" or personality traits, each represented in an "organ" or "bump" on the head, the size of which indicated the strength or weakness of the faculty. Thus an individual's moral character could be mapped. |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | Physiology |
| Keywords | phrenology, faculties |
| Parts of the Body | head |
| Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Library Company of Philadelphia’s catalogue, and 'An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform', compiled by Christopher Hoolihan. |
| Copyright | The Library Company of Philadelphia |