‎SPURZHEIM (G.)‎
‎Observations sur LA PHRAENOLOGIE ou la connaissance de l'homme moral et intellectuel fondée sur les fonctions du système nerveux. P., Treuttel, 1818, 1 FRONTISPICE (2), 23pp., 372pp., 6 PLANCHES ---- Essai philosophique sur LA NATURE MORALE ET INTELLECTUELLE DE L'HOMME. P., Treuttel, 1820, (2), 6pp., 248pp --- soit 2 OUVRAGES RELIES EN UN VOLUME --- LES DEUX OUVRAGES SONT EN EDITIONS ORIGINALES -- TRES BEL EXEMPLAIRE‎

‎2 ouvrages reliés en un volume in 8 demi-basane, dos orné de fers et filets dorés, tranches jaspées (reliure de l'époque)‎

Reference : 4867

‎---- LES DEUX OUVRAGES SONT EN EDITIONS ORIGINALES ---- TRES BEL EXEMPLAIRE ---- "L'Angleterre et l'Ecosse furent les premiers pays à s'intéresser à la phrénologie en raison du séjour qu'y fit SPURZHEIM". (Lantéri-Laura) ---- "In 1800 SPURZHEIM met F.J. GALL with whom he collaborated on neuroanatomical research for the next thirteen years. From 1800 to 1804, he completed his medical sudies at Vienna where he was awarded his medical degree in 1813. He received licensure in London from the Royal College of physicians ; was awarded a second degree, possibly a medical one, at Paris around 1821 ; and received recognition from many learned societies including honorary membership in the Royal Iris Academy... SPURZHEIM's unique contributions to the behavioral sciences have traditionally been interwined in those of his mentor Franz GALL... Furthermore, SPURZHEIM was often accused of being a popularizer of GALL's views on cerebral localization of mental functions because he was responsible for making them into a complete system of phrenology and teaching it widely. SPURZHEIM accepted the basic assumptions of this theory of mind, brain, and behavior (1) that the brain is the organ of the mind, (2) that the moral and intellectual faculties are innate, (3) that their exercise or manifestation depends on organization, (4) that the brain is composed of a congeries of as many particular organs as there are propensities, sentiments and faculties that differ from each other and (5) that the shape and size of the skull faithfully reflect the shape and size of the underlying cerebral mass... Nevertheless, SPURZHEIM extended GALL's basic views in a singular way and made them in many respects more utilitarian and also more acceptable to a wider audience. In contrast with the more conservative view that GALL held in regard to his own doctrines, SPURZHEIM took the position that phrenology was capable of ameliorating most of the social ills of his day... SPURZHEIM placed great emphasis on individual differences in cerebral organization and held that education had to be individualized... Spuzheim separated what he believed to be the combined actions of faculties from what individual faculties were held to do, and added a more theological and philosophical perspective...". (DSB XII p. 596) ---- Haymaker pp. 31, 33 - McHenry pp. 78, 146, etc - Hunter & Macalpine pp. 711/20 - Zilboorg p. 412 - Ellenberger**4867/H5‎