Skull cast of Dr. Johann Caspar Spurzheim
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Skull cast of Dr. Johann Caspar Spurzheim
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Published 2018-07-25T09:19:42+00:00
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This skull cast of Dr Johann Caspar Spurzheim (1776-1832) was donated to The Anatomical Museum by the Boston Phrenological Society in 1834. Spurzheim died in Boston during a lecture-tour after contracting typhoid. After a public autopsy, his brain, skull and heart were removed, preserved in jars and an elaborate public funeral was staged.
More of his body parts were cast and sent across the world for educational use. Those part of the Anatomical Museum's collection can be downloaded from Scan the World.
Technical Information
| Date published | 25/07/2018 |
| Complexity | Medium |
More Information
| Title | Skull cast of Dr. Johann Caspar Spurzheim |
| Date | 1832 |
| Dimension | Lifesize |
| Accession | Anatomical Museum PGL 6929 |
| Medium | Plaster |
| Credit | Anatomical Museum, University of Edinburgh |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | Anatomical Museum Edinburgh |
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