History and progress of phrenology (Read before the Western phrenological society, at Buffalo,) . By comparing with these the following scull, ofone of the ape family, the principle which Campersought to display will be fully established ; the facialangle, in this instance, being no more than 42°. HISTORY OF PHRENOLOGY. 17. This discovery, upon which so much reliance wasplaced at one time, and which is still by many es-teemed far above its merit, was nevertheless anattempt at investigating craniological and consequentlycerebral development, by observation ; and therefore,however valueless in i
History and progress of phrenology (Read before the Western phrenological society, at Buffalo,) . By comparing with these the following scull, ofone of the ape family, the principle which Campersought to display will be fully established ; the facialangle, in this instance, being no more than 42°. HISTORY OF PHRENOLOGY. 17. This discovery, upon which so much reliance wasplaced at one time, and which is still by many es-teemed far above its merit, was nevertheless anattempt at investigating craniological and consequentlycerebral development, by observation ; and therefore,however valueless in itself, was still useful in pointingattention in a direction in which knowledge might behad. That little can be known by the facial anglewas long since assumed. It was readily seen thatnothing of the width of the scull can be shown, in thisway, either in front or rear ; but it seems not to havebeen so evident to all that the developments of theorgans at the frontal base of the brain, relatively tothose in the forehead, would materially change thisangle. And yet, from the situation of the parts, such 18 HISTORY OP PHRENOLOGY. a result seems inevitable. Camper did, however, byadditional lines and rules, attain the measures ofsculls in several other directions, so far as to facilitatehis investigations of the rules of d
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