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Orson Squire Fowler provided a phrenological reading of Amos Mathess in pencil on the top and bottom margins of each page of the printed pamphlet Synopsis of Phrenology; and the Phrenological Developments, together with the Character and Talents of [Amos Mathess] as given by [O. S. Fowler]..., New York: Fowlers and Wells, Clinton Hall, 131 Nassau Street, 1851. The reading is dated December 2, 1851. The printed volume is illustrated with phrenological charts, skull variations, and profiles of faces (including one of William Shakespeare). The front bears a printed phrenological chart, "Symbolical Head," showing each area of the head illustrated with people and objects related to the "Numbering and Definition of the Organs." The back is a printed advertisement for The American Phrenological Journal, published by Fowlers and Wells.

Orson Squire Fowler provided a phrenological reading of Amos Mathess in pencil on the top and bottom margins of each page of the printed pamphlet Synopsis of Phrenology; and the Phrenological Developments, together with the Character and Talents of [Amos Mathess] as given by [O. S. Fowler] ..., New York: Fowlers and Wells, Clinton Hall, 131 Nassau Street, 1851. page. The reading is dated December 2, 1851. The printed volume is illustrated with phrenological charts, skull variations, and profiles of faces (including one of William Shakespeare). The front bears a printed phrenological chart, "Symbolical Head," showing each area of the head illustrated with people and objects related to the "Numbering and Definition of the Organs." The back is a printed advertisement for The American Phrenological Journal, published by Fowlers and Wells.

On January 24, 1844, W. H. Gibbs, a "practical phrenologist," performed a phrenological reading of Thomas Mayhew and documented his findings in his Brief View of Phrenology and Chart... (Springfield: Wood & Rupp, 1842). Principally, Gibbs recorded a number between 1 and 7 to note the size of Mayhew's "organs," with one additional comment regarding Mayhew's "Very Small" Constructiveness organ, proclaiming him a "poor mechanic." The printed volume includes one illustration of a phrenological chart, showing the human head from three directions to identify thirty-seven labelled regions.

On January 24, 1844, W. H. Gibbs, a "practical phrenologist," performed a phrenological reading of Thomas Mayhew and documented his findings in his stab-sewn Brief View of Phrenology and Chart, Giving a Description of the Phenomena of the Human Mind, Designed to Assist Man in Obtaining a Knowledge of His Intellectual Faculties, Moral Sentiments, and Animal Propensities - How to Improve His Virtues and Remedy His Defects. Sixth Edition (Springfield: Wood & Rupp, 1842). Principally, Gibbs recorded a number between 1 and 7 to note the size of Mayhew's "organs," with one additional comment regarding Mayhew's "Very Small" Constructiveness organ, proclaiming him a "poor mechanic." The printed volume includes one illustration of a phrenological chart, showing the human head from three directions to identify thirty-seven labelled regions.

London apothecary William P. Marshall compiled notes on medical ailments, descriptions of chemicals and medicines, and formulae for medical treatments in this volume, entitled "Medical Manipulation."

In 1830, London apothecary William P. Marshall compiled notes on medical ailments, descriptions of chemicals and medicines, and formulae for medical treatments in an 89-page volume entitled "Medical Manipulation." Marshall wrote directly in the volume and on pages pasted into the volume.

The book's formal title is "Medical Manipulation: An Œconomical Farrago of Galenical Anomalies with Pathological Remarks by Wm. P. Marshall, M.R.C.S., Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries &c. &c." The first title page contains a colored drawing of a shield with the inscription "Resurgere in Cœlo," below a skull sitting on a shelf. The second page includes a clipping with a printed illustration of a skull and crossbones. Roughly half of the pages have notes about general pathology, respiration, the voice, expectoration, "percussion," the heart, and diagnosis. The other pages primarily have pasted-in notes about, and formulae for, medicines and chemicals used for medical treatments. One of these notes is in poetic form ("Materia Medica," pp. 10, 12). The pasted-in pages cover older notes written directly into the volume.

Newspaper clippings about various medical subjects, including one on "lunatics" (p. 78) and many formulae, are affixed to many pages. One clipping has a reprinted poem "Found in the Skeleton Case at the Royal Academy" (p. 57), and at least two articles are in Spanish. The front endpaper has a price list from J. Warrick & Co. chemical importers in London, England.