Letter from Johann Gaspar Spurzheim to Honorine Spurzheim

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Johann Gaspar Spurzheim to Honorine Spurzheim
Description:
During the course of his extensive travels through Europe and America, J. G. Spurzheim maintained a vigorous correspondence with his wife, Honorine, describing the people he met, the hospitals, prisons, and schools he visited, and the spread of phrenological doctrine. In this letter, Spurzheim describes his break with Franz Joseph Gall and the changing conception of phrenology. A letter from Johann Gaspar Spurzheim to his wife, Honorine Spurzheim, discussing Franz Joseph Gall and phrenology, while he was in London, England and she was in Paris, France
Creator:
Spurzheim, Johann Gaspar
Date:
May 17, 1815
Format:
Documents
Location:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection (local):
Spurzheim, Johann Gasper papers, 1813-1835 (inclusive). B MS c22
Papers of Johann Gasper Spurzheim, 1813-1835 (inclusive). B MS c22, box 1, fd. 3
Series:
Spurzheim, Johann Gasper papers, 1813-1835 (inclusive). B MS c22
Subjects:
Phrenology
Spurzheim, J. G. (Johann Gaspar), 1776-1832
Spurzheim, Honorine
Correspondence
Extent:
1 letter
Link to Item:
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Language:
English
Notes:
Purchased for the Boston Medical Library, 1970