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Crania Americana; or, A comparative view of the skulls of various aboriginal nations of North and South America. To which is prefixed an essay on the varieties of the human species.

Philadelphia: J. Dobson, 1839.

In his day Morton was the most eminent craniologist in the United States. He had a collection of nearly 1,000 skulls. In this work, which described both modern and fossil skulls, Morton described fractures and anthropogenic deformations. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

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Entry Number#201
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/3545
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLcrania-americana

Geographic Context

Publication place: Philadelphia