Illustration from Phrenology, in Connexion with the Study of Physiognomy, 1836, c1833

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Johann Gaspar Spurzheim (1776-1832)
Phrenology, in Connexion with the Study of Physiognomy
Boston: Marsh, Capen & Lyon, 1836, c1833

Johann Gaspar Spurzheim was a German physician and the protégé of early phrenologist, Franz Josef Gall. He was greatly influential and contributed to the spread of phrenological science throughout Europe, England and the United States