Mental evolution in man : origin of human faculty, by George John Romanes
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Publication:
- Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, 2009
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Books Human Development
- Genre(s):
- Pictorial Works Book Illustrations
- Abstract:
- Image of the title page: Mental evolution in man : origin of human faculty / by George John Romanes. London : Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1888. Image includes unfolded frontispiece on facing page. Frontispiece has 5 columns: 1. Products of emotional development 2. Emotion, will, intellect 3. Products of intellectual development 4. The psychological scale 5. Psycogenesis of man. After Darwin, the evolutionary "tree of life" became a widely used visual metaphor. Here, Romanes uses a tree-like diagram to argue for the evolution of mental functions.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Exhibition:
- Exhibited: "Rewriting the book of nature"
- Related Title(s):
- Rewriting the book of nature and Is part of: Mental evolution in man; See related catalog record: 0344546
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 image)
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101594580 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- A032877
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101594580