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SPURZHEIM, Johann Caspar (1776 – 1832)

SPURZHEIM, Johann Caspar (1776 – 1832)

1776 – 1832

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source Alvan Fisher · Harvard Art Museums · Public domain

1810 CE–1819 CE

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Anatomie et physiologie du système nerveux en général, et du cerveau en particulier. 4 vols. and atlas.

Introduced the theory of localization of cerebral function, although in a somewhat fantastic form. This pioneer attempt to map out the cerebral cortex according to function gave rise to the pseudo-science of phrenolog…