Observations on the Phrenological Development Burke, Hare, and Other Atrocious Murderers: Measurements of the Heads of the Most Notorious Thieves Confined in the Edinburgh Jail and Bridewell, and of Various Individuals, English, Scotch, and Irish, Present
Excerpt from Observations on the Phrenological Development Burke, Hare, and Other Atrocious Murderers: Measurements of the Heads of the Most Notorious Thieves Confined in the Edinburgh Jail and Bridewell, and of Various Individuals, English, Scotch, and Irish, Presenting an Extensive Series of Facts Subversive of Phrenology Ieft them to die of themselves, but their bodies would Often move afterwards, and for some time they would heave long breathings before life went away. As it is stated by Phren Ologists, that ...
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Excerpt from Observations on the Phrenological Development Burke, Hare, and Other Atrocious Murderers: Measurements of the Heads of the Most Notorious Thieves Confined in the Edinburgh Jail and Bridewell, and of Various Individuals, English, Scotch, and Irish, Presenting an Extensive Series of Facts Subversive of Phrenology Ieft them to die of themselves, but their bodies would Often move afterwards, and for some time they would heave long breathings before life went away. As it is stated by Phren Ologists, that deliberate, and selfish murderers possess always a large endow ment of the alleged organ of destructiveness, and as the atrocities of Burke and Hare are certainly of as great, or even greater magnitude, than any Of those which were perpetrated by the criminals who supplied Gall and Spurzheim with the evidence by which they pretended not only to discover, but subsequently to establish this organ - so in the cases Of the West f, Port murderers, each should, on Phrenological prin ciples, possess it exceedingly well developed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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