Finalist for the 2022 Cheiron Book Prize​ An Organ of Murder explores the origins of both popular and elite theories of criminality in the nineteenth-century United States, focusing in particular on the influence of phrenology. In the United States, phrenology shaped the production of medico-legal knowledge around crime, the treatment of the criminal within prisons and in public discourse, and sociocultural expectations about the causes of crime. The criminal was phrenology’s ideal research and demonstration subject, and the courtroom and the prison were essential spaces for the staging of scientific expertise. In particular, phrenology constructed ways of looking as well as a language for identifying, understanding, and analyzing criminals and their actions. This work traces the long-lasting influence of phrenological visual culture and language in American culture, law, and medicine, as well as the practical uses of phrenology in courts, prisons, and daily life.

An essential overview of theoretical issues in psychology with pedagogical features to help students identify key terms and concepts.

Roswell Park, a professor of surgery in the medical department of the University of Buffalo, in his book "An Epitome of the History of Medicine" attempts to discuss the history of medicine. This book contains information about ancient medical approaches through the age of renovation and transition via scientific study. A guiding book for young and old interested in the study of health and wellness.