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# Franz Joseph Gall

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Franz Joseph Gall or Franz Josef Gall was a German neuroanatomist, physiologist, and pioneer in the study of the localization of mental functions in the brain.

##  Quotes by Franz Joseph Gall

> [The fate of the physiology of the brain is independent of the truth and falsity of my assertions relative to the laws…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-joseph-gall/the-fate-of-the-physiology-of-the-brain-is-independent-of-the-truth/)

[Franz Joseph Gall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-joseph-gall/)

[Brain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain/)

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> [Now I have demonstrated, that the convolutions of the brain are nothing but the peripheric expansion of the bundles of which it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-joseph-gall/now-i-have-demonstrated-that-the-convolutions-of-the-brain-are/)

[Franz Joseph Gall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-joseph-gall/)

[Brain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain/)

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> [The object of my researches is the brain. The cranium is only a faithful cast of the external surface of the brain,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-joseph-gall/the-object-of-my-researches-is-the-brain-the-cranium-is-only-a/)

[Franz Joseph Gall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-joseph-gall/)

[Anatomy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anatomy/)

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> [Whoever would not remain in complete ignorance of the resources which cause him to act; whoever would seize, at a single philosophical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-joseph-gall/whoever-would-not-remain-in-complete-ignorance-of-the-resources-which/)

[Franz Joseph Gall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-joseph-gall/)

[Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/)

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