Papers. 10 June 1835-24 February 1866.

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Papers. 10 June 1835-24 February 1866.

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Records from one of America's foremost phrenologists, O.S. Fowler. Contains 13 phrenological cards on various Louisville (Ky.) citizens and two lengthier, more exhaustive, phrenology characters of Abby C. Ballard.

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Folwer and Wells.

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Ballard, Abby Churchill, 1853 - 1874.

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Fowler, O. S. (Orson Squire), 1809-1887

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Orson Squire Fowler, phrenologist, was born in Cohocton, New York, on October 11, 1809, and died in Connecticut on August 18, 1887. In October 1838, he issued in Philadelphia the first number of the AMERICAN PHENOLOGICAL JOURNAL. Among his many volumes on phrenology and kindred subjects are MEMORY AND INTELLECTUAL IMPROVEMENT (1841), PHYSIOLOGY, ANIMAL AND MENTAL (1842), and MATRIMONY, OR PHRENOLOGY APPLIED TO THE SELECTION OF COMPANIONS (1842). From the description of Phrenological ...