Full title: THE MYSTERIES OF THE HEAD AND HEART EXPLAINED: INCLUDING AN IMPROVED SYTEM OF PHRENOLOGY; A NEW THEORY OF THE EMOTIONS, AND AN EXPLANATION OF THE MYSTERIES OF MESMERISM, TRANCE, AND MIND-READING, AND THE SPIRIT DELUSION. 359 pages, with book advertisements (and corresponding plates) at the rear. The boards and binding are solid and tight save for light shelfwear and one bumped corner on the lower front board. The pages are crisp and clean save for a few spots of very light foxing on the borders of some of the pages.
Previous owner's signature and date on the first two blank pages. A fascinating and detailed account of how different occult phenomena / delusions can be explained through the science of phrenology, or phreno-physiology.
The book then provides a complete guide for the application of phrenology to diagnose the susceptibility of occult delusions and to predict future behaviors and personality characteristics of an individual. Please see below for more information on Grimes, his work, his impact and studies on. James Stanley Grimes (1807 - 1903). In 1832, Johann Gaspar Spurzheim toured the United States to promote the practice of phrenology. Impressed by Spurzheims field of knowledge, he decided to study phrenology himself. In 1839, Stanley Grimes published A New System of Phrenology where he proposed a classification system that established three types of cerebral organs: ipseal, social, and intellectual. In a later book, he postulated that there was a direct connection between phrenology and geology, or between brain structure and geological changes. Likewise, he proposed a theory of evolution based on natural selection, which came out eight years before Charles Darwins On the origin of species. During the second half of the 19th century, J. Stanley Grimes published two additional books on phreno-physiology: The Mysteries of Human Nature Explained by a New System of Nervous Physiology (1857) and The Mysteries of the Head and the Heart Explained (1875). Please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions! Also check out our other rare and out-of-print antiquarian books at Black Cat Caboodle. Available to anywhere that the UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE delivers. Please message me for a quote! Black Cat Caboodle THANKS you for looking Happy eBaying! The item "1875 MYSTERIES OF THE HEAD & HEART EXPLAINED, Graves, 1st/1st SPIRITS GHOSTS" is in sale since Tuesday, June 19, 2018. This item is in the category "Books\Antiquarian & Collectible". The seller is "blackcatcaboodle" and is located in Atlanta, Georgia.This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Turks and caicos islands, Bangladesh, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Nicaragua, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Bahamas, Viet nam, Uruguay, Thailand, Switzerland, China, South africa, Colombia, Antigua and barbuda, Saint lucia, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman islands, Sri lanka, Maldives, Oman, Reunion, Montserrat.