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From Phrenology in Connection with the Study of Physiognomy (1826)
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In 1800 Johann Gaspar Spurzheim (1776–1832), then a medical student, travelled to Vienna to work with Franz Joseph Gall (1758–1828), one of the founders of phrenology. Spurzheim became Gall’s research assistant, and the two toured Germany in 1805–7. Rivalry and differences of opinion later ended...
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Title: From Phrenology in Connection with the Study of Physiognomy (1826)
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In 1800 Johann Gaspar Spurzheim (1776–1832), then a medical student, travelled to Vienna to work with Franz Joseph Gall (1758–1828), one of the founders of phrenology.
Spurzheim became Gall’s research assistant, and the two toured Germany in 1805–7.
Rivalry and differences of opinion later ended.
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