Phrenology
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Phrenology is a pseudoscience that involves the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict mental traits. It is based on the concept that the brain is the organ of the mind, and that certain brain a
Phrenological skull, European, 19th century. Wellcome Collection, London
The Phrenologist, a sketch by A.S. Hartrick, 1895
Numbered phrenological bust
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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.
Phrenology
…notion that measuring the contour of the skull can predict personality traits is discredited by empirical research. Developed by German physician Franz Joseph Gall in 1796, the discipline was influential in the 19th century, especially from about 1810 until 1840. The principal British centre for phrenology was…
Franz Joseph Gall
Franz Joseph Gall examining the head of a pretty young girl