Book ID: CBB000951986

Queen Victoria's Skull: George Combe and the Mid-Victorian Mind (2008)

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Stack, David (Author)


Hambledon Continuum


Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: xvii + 350 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Francis, Mark (2009) Review of "Queen Victoria's Skull: George Combe and the Mid-Victorian Mind". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 620). unapi

Review Hutchison, Iain (2014) Review of "Queen Victoria's Skull: George Combe and the Mid-Victorian Mind". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 661-662). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
van Wyhe, John
Finger, Stanley
Eling, Paul
Packham, Ellen
Beierholm, Simon
Lilleleht, Erica
Concepts
Phrenology
Psychology
Brain
Neurosciences
Physical anthropology
Medicine and culture
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
21st century
Places
France
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Denmark
Sydney (Australia)
Institutions
University of Padua
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