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Character readings

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Sherman phrenological character readings of the White family

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/173
Scope and Contents Five phrenological character readings taken by Charles M. Sherman on 1 and 2 Oct. 1873, Cleveland, N.Y., for Anna B. White and her four children.
Dates: 1873
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia / Charles Sherman phrenological character readings of the White family

John L. Capen phrenological character of M. D. Clark

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/112
Scope and Contents Document describes personality and character traits of M. D. Clark based on a phrenological examination by John L. Capen, 10 July 1866.

Published as Horrocks, Thomas A. "Know thyself : a Phrenological Character Reading," Fugitive Leaves from the Historical Collections, ser. 3, vol. 2, no. 2 (1987), pp. 1-5.
Dates: 1866
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia / John L. Capen phrenological character of M. D. Clark

Nelson Sizer phrenological character of C. R. Thombs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/111-03
Scope and Contents Document describes personality and character traits of C. R. Thombs based on phrenological examination by Nelson Sizer, [186-].
Dates: undated
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia / Nelson Sizer phrenological character of C. R. Thombs

Nelson Sizer phrenological character of John B. Bancroft

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/111-01
Scope and Contents Document describes personality and character traits of John B. Bancroft based on phrenological examination by Nelson Sizer, 24 Feb. 1854.
Dates: 1854
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia / Nelson Sizer phrenological character of John B. Bancroft

Nelson Sizer phrenological character of William Loewy

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/111-02
Scope and Contents Document describes personality and character traits of William Loewy based on phrenological examination by Nelson Sizer, 23 May 1860. Reading reported by J. L. A.
Dates: 1860
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia / Nelson Sizer phrenological character of William Loewy

Phrenological character reading of Mrs. D. C. Wismer

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/255
Scope and Contents Typescript analysis describes temperament and characteristics of Mrs. D. C. Wismer, 1886 Nov. 12, by unnamed phrenologist at Fowler and Wells’ Phrenological Cabinet, New York, N.Y.
Dates: 1886
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia / Phrenological character reading of Mrs. D. C. Wismer

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