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Tiedemann, Friedrich. On the Brain of the Negro, compared with that of the European and the Orang-Outang. With 6 lithographed plates by J. Basire after drawings by the author and others. London, printed by Richard Taylor, 1836. 1 leaf, pp. 497-527. 30 x 24 cm. Contemporary wrappers (stained). Hirsch/Hübotter V, 587 - DSB XIII, 402 ff. - First edition, published one year before the German edition. - From: Philosophical Transactions, Part II for 1836.
Tiedemann, Friedrich. On the Brain of the Negro, compared with that of the European and the Orang-Outang. Mit 6 lithographierten Tafeln von J. Basire nach Zeichnungen des Verfassers u.a. London, printed by Richard Taylor, 1836. 1 Bl., S. 497-527. 30 x 24 cm. Broschur der Zeit (fleckig). Hirsch/Hübotter V, 587 - DSB XIII, 402 ff. - Erste Ausgabe, ein Jahr vor der deutschen Ausgabe erschienen. - Aus: Philosophical Transactions, Part II for 1836. - "In 1836 he published, in English, what may be considered one of the earliest basic works of physical anthropology, On the Brain of the Negro Compared With That of the European and the Orang-Outang. In this surprisingly modern study, Tiedemann showed that, in contrast to the large difference between the forebrains of apes and men, no substantial differences could be found between the brains of the races of men; although the majority of Negro skulls and cranial cavities that he studied were smaller than those of European specimens, they had, by his measurement, contained brains as large and as heavy. He further stated his finding that there was no area of intellectual activity in which Negroes could not perform as well as European whites, and concluded that there was no natural formation or disposition of the brain in Negroes that would substantiate the notion of their predestined subservient state." (DSB). - Tafeln etwas fleckig. - Beigabe: Tiedemann, F. Anatomie des Fischherzens. Mit 4 Kupfertafeln. Landshut, gedruckt bey Joseph…
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Medicine - Neurology – Tiedemann, Friedrich. On the Brain of the Negro, compared with that of the European and the Orang-Outang
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