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Phrenology

The study of the conformation of the skull as indicative of mental faculties and traits of character, especially according to the hypothesis of F. J… 
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2012
2012
Speaking Bodies and Faces : Functions of Physiognomic Descriptions in Jane Eyre and Villette by Charlotte Brontë
2006
2006
[Responses of Shenyang urban tree phrenology to climate warming].
By using statistic and linear regression methods, this paper studied the last 40 years responses of Shenyang urban tree phenology… 
2003
2003
Textbook of Clinical Neurology
Today, the medical student is faced with a choice of new books that have further parcelled the already parcellated books in the… 
1999
1999
The lifted veil ; Brother Jacob
'She had believed that my wild poet's passion for her would make me her slave; and that, being her slave, I should execute her… 
1997
1997
A young man's critique of an "Outré science": Charles Tennyson's "Phrenology" (1827) with commentary and annotations.
De nombreuses critiques britanniques ont ete exprimees au XIX e siecle a travers des poemes satiriques ou des illustrations… 
1989
1989
Phrenology in the British Isles: An Annotated Historical Biobibliography and Index
1976
1976
Vocational guidance during the Depression: phrenology versus applied psychology.
The paper describes the design and use of a machine, the "Psychograph," which automatically measured the size and shape of the… 
1976
1976
Phrenology and the Boston medical community in the 1830s.
1972
1972
Mark Twain, phrenology and the "temperaments"; a study of pseudoscientific influence.
about phrenological character analysis prompted him to consult a practicing phrenologist several times during his adult life… 
1970
1970
Origins of the word "phrenology".
Phrenology is defined as the study of the conformation of the skull as indicative of mental faculties and character. The authors…