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144: 237: 36: 279:. He became acquainted with Gall in 1800 and was soon hired by him as an assistant. Gall intended to have Spurzheim as his successor and added his name as a co-author to books and publications. In 1812, however, Gall and Spurzheim had a falling out, and Spurzheim started a separate career, lecturing and writing extensively on what he termed 'The 477: 283:
System of Drs Gall and Spurzheim'. He greatly popularised phrenology, and travelled extensively throughout Europe, achieving considerable success in England and France.
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Spurzheim made many alterations to Gall's phrenological system, including an increase in the number of "organs", as well as its organization into a
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Phrenology chart attributed to Dr. Spurzheim. Lithograph submitted to the Library of Congress by
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who had famously debunked Spurzheim, Gall and phrenology in general in an article in the
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In 1816 he travelled to Edinburgh to refute an article by
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Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
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Walsh, Anthony, "The American Tour of Dr. Spurzheim",
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