This work is a classic of 19th-century neuroscience and provides an in-depth examination of the structure and function of the nervous system, with a particular focus on the brain. The author, Franz Josef Gall, was a pioneer in the field of phrenology, a now-discredited theory that posited that personality traits could be inferred from the shape of the skull. Despite its scientific shortcomings, the book remains an important document in the history...