THE NEGLECT OF PHRENOLOGY. 



Mr. Combe's Delineation. 



Mr. Wilkinson's Remarks. 



PATIENT R. M. 



Intellectual organs large. 



IMITATION very large. 



COMBATIVENESS and DESTKUC- 

 TIVENESS very large. 



HOPE and CONSCIENTIOUSNESS 

 deficient. 



Character very violent ; prob- 

 ably attempted suicide ; great 

 power of expressing his feel 

 ings by his countenance and 

 gestures. 



He has a talent for all kinds 

 of mechanical work. He is 

 extremely violent, and has 

 a great talent for imitation. 

 His countenance is fearfully 

 expressive when he is ex- 

 cited. 



PATIENT H. C. 



Large COMBATIVENESS, enor- 

 mous SELF-ESTEEM. 



FIRMNESS and PHILOPROGENI- 

 TIVENESS large. 



Intellect and IMITATION large. 



He will manifest extreme con- 

 ceit with' great determina- 

 tion. He will have a great 

 talent for imitation and 

 strong powers of natural 

 language. 



This exactly describes the 

 character. He believes him- 

 self to be a king ; he is 

 prone to imitate ; he is 

 opinionative, and fond of 

 children. 



On October 28 in the same year Mr. Combe visited 

 the Newcastle Jail, accompanied by several medical 

 gentlemen and others who had attended his lectures. 

 Several of the criminals were examined by him, and 

 while he was writing down their characteristics, Dr. 

 George Fife, the assistant-surgeon to the jail, who knew 

 nothing of phrenology, wrote a brief account of their 

 characters from his personal knowledge. The following 

 are the three cases submitted: 



