How a Phrenology Head Was Traditionally Used
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Learn about phrenology, a once-popular pseudoscience, and learn about the regions of a phrenology head.
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Phrenology Heads — Travels and Curiosities
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Having your head read in Huron: The 'science' of phrenology
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How a Phrenology Head Was Traditionally Used
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How phrenology was used in the 1834 trial of 9-year-old Major
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Phrenology Bust, Oddities Curiosities, Vintage Medical Phrenology
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Phrenology: The Study of Skull Shape and Behavior