| 单词 | phrenology |
| 例句 | The problem with the relativists is that they explain bad science and good science, phrenology and nuclear physics, in exactly the same way—advocates of ‘the strong programme’ explicitly insist on this equivalence. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Aunt Jessie was a devotee of palm reading, one of the “minor superstitions” that was in vogue, along with seances, phrenology, and physiognomy. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The nineteenth century’s infatuation with phrenology—to continue with a somewhat different heady concern—demonstrates the flimsiness of this line of thought. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Renowned educator Horace Mann saw phrenology as “the guide to philosophy and the handmaiden of Christianity,” and Horace Greeley of “Go West, young man” fame advocated phrenology tests for all railroad engineers. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don't believe in phrenology at all. It's easily disproven, the pet hobby of bigots.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z If his interests had been in basket weaving or phrenology, she would have followed him just as readily. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z True original: Another presiding genius in Mosley's work is Darwin, notably in his portraits of men with simian profiles that speak to 19th-century obsessions with cavemen, devolution and phrenology. Artist of the week 148: Ryan Mosley 2011-07-28T11:11:44Z Mr. DiCaprio had input also; his discussions with Mr. Tarantino helped evolve a monologue his character gives exalting phrenology. The Carpetbagger: Betting Against 'Django,' and Losing 2013-01-31T18:21:21Z Being an expert head measurer, do you give any credence to the so-called science of phrenology, which theorizes that you can learn about someone’s personality by measuring the contours of their skull? D.C. optician says when it comes to glasses defining a look, seeing is believing 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z His prize pupil was a handy exhibit, too, in the doctor’s promotion of phrenology, the wacky 19th-century belief that the bumps and contours of the head revealed character. Kimberly Elkins’s ‘What Is Visible,’ a novel about Laura Bridgman The men who started the company, Lorenzo and Orson Fowler and Samuel Wells, were proponents of phrenology, a popular 19th-century belief that the shape of one’s skull revealed characteristics like mental aptitude and personality. Tom Colicchio Changes His Restaurant’s Racially Tinged Name 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z A phrenology helmet from the 19th century has a map of parts of the brain having to do with “blandness,” “agreeableness,” “sublimity,” etc. Worth the trip: a pilgrimage to experience Bellingham’s MegaZapper 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z They attempt to master in turn farming, chemistry, medicine, astronomy, geology, gymnastics, spiritualism, philosophy, religion and phrenology, in each case following the best contemporary expertise, but always ending in disaster and disillusionment. Michael Foley's top 10 absurd classics 2010-04-21T05:00:00Z A book of sarcognomy, which is like phrenology except it involves the whole body. Meet the Mediums of Lily Dale 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z This was partly driven by huge interest in the now-discredited science of phrenology. The Tanzanians searching for their grandfathers' skulls in Germany 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z In the 19th Century, phrenology, which investigated the idea that human characteristics could be determined by the shape of the skull, was very popular in the UK and other parts of Europe. UK museums willing to return skulls to Zimbabwe 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z Video and image analysis technology had "no scientific basis", co-author Eleanor Drage told the BBC News, dismissing it as "modern phrenology", the false theory skull shape could reveal character and mental faculties. AI tools fail to reduce recruitment bias - study 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z While phrenology is now considered pseudoscience, Gall's assertion that different parts of the brain were responsible for different functions is viewed as an important scientific advance. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Still, Poe wasn't immune to quackery himself, finding trendy pseudosciences like phrenology and animal magnetism perfectly sensible. Edgar Allan Poe’s engagement with American science 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z Yes, for example, there is a resurgence in what I have been calling “phrenology 2.0”. Carl Bergstrom: 'People are using data to bullshit' 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z They are copies of Indigenous peoples’ heads, some of them death masks, plaster moulds that served the voodoo sciences of phrenology and eugenics, and its guiding light of Darwinism. The room of the dead: how a museum became a halfway house for bones and spirits 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z George Combe, Douglass’s host there, was a renowned theorist and practitioner of phrenology — the now-debunked discipline that classified individuals based on the size and shape of their craniums. Perspective | Black people aren’t naturally vulnerable to covid-19. That’s junk race science. 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z The popularity of phrenology offers us some insight into the emotional world of the antebellum United States. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Neither astrology nor Mesmerism nor phrenology ever approached this apogee of combined delusion and deception. Why Freud Should Be Dead 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z Auguste Comte and his fellow nineteenth-century positivists envisioned a Grand Pontiff of Humanity who would preside alongside scientist-priests; unfortunately, scientists at the time were practicing phrenology. Why Are Americans Still Uncomfortable with Atheism? 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z In nineteenth-century Europe and America, phrenology was used to interpret character. What Personality Tests Really Deliver 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z She tackled the skull-measuring pseudoscience of phrenology in her 2000 novel “Skullduggery,” chronicled Oregon Trail pioneers in the “Petticoat Party” series, which began with “Go West, Young Women!” Kathleen Karr, children’s writer who entwined history and humor, dies at 71 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Initially developed in Europe by Franz Joseph Gall, a German doctor, phrenology first came to the United States in the 1820s. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z It underlaid the pseudosciences of phrenology and craniometry, deployed to rationalize racism. Perfectly normal As a child, he played a game of phrenology, studying the distinct curves and gradations of relatives’ heads for insights into their personalities. A passionate journey into criminal motivation 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z “I was educated and made to believe that it’s absolutely impossible that the face contains any information about your intimate traits, because physiognomy and phrenology were just pseudosciences,” he says. The invention of AI ‘gaydar’ could be the start of something much worse 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z The principles of phrenology, a pseudoscience that developed across Europe and the US in the 19th century, were used as part of the justification of both slavery and the Nazi persecution of Jews. Artificial intelligence is ripe for abuse, tech executive warns: 'a fascist's dream' 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z In a fast-paced world, phrenology offered the possibility of knowing different human characteristics. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z No chemistry department would extend an invitation to an alchemist; no reputable department of psychology would entertain a lecture espousing phrenology. The Mistake the Berkeley Protesters Made about Milo Yiannopoulos 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z But with no established techniques for interpreting archaeological material like the skull, he fell back on racism and phrenology. Neanderthals Were People, Too 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z When I consider the sloppy and self-serving ways that companies often use data, I’m reminded of phrenology, a pseudoscience that was briefly popular in the 19th century. How algorithms rule our working lives | Cathy O’Neil 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Later, when phrenology yielded to other kinds of biometry and then to intelligence tests, the bias stuck. Psychos Through the Ages 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z In what ways do temperance, health reforms, and phrenology offer reflections on the changes in the United States before the Civil War? U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z He, in turn, might have been answering a call by Horace Walpole, a politician and writer fascinated by the pseudoscience of phrenology: studying skulls for clues to intelligence. Your Thursday Evening Briefing: Brussels, Radovan Karadzic, Argentina 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Craniology, phrenology, eugenics; they were all used to justify the idea of the African as subhuman.” A Fossil Find Gets Entangled with South Africa's Apartheid Past 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z If a patient was morbidly anxious or suffering from alcoholism, the skull probe would usually find bumps and dips that correlated with that observation – which, in turn, bolstered faith in the science of phrenology. How algorithms rule our working lives | Cathy O’Neil 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z I guarantee that it is at least as accurate as phrenology. The World's Most Accurate Parquet Floor-Based Personality Test 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z In a lecture on phrenology, the French physician Broussais once produced a partial mold of Napoleon’s head. Zap Your Brain 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z By the middle of the 19th Century, phrenology was largely discredited. The human copying machine 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z They also offer an opportunity for some political phrenology: a chance to infer something about the country’s mood. What they’re all about 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z “The term ‘animal’ is simply an excuse not to look at something,” Low argues, citing eugenics, phrenology and “scientific” racism as byproducts of the tendency to elevate humans — especially certain humans — over other beings. Zoo Animals and Their Discontents 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Long after phrenology was widely discredited, Aboriginal skulls were still sought and displayed with the same benign sentiment that one might attach to animal remains. The bone collectors: a brutal chapter in Australia's past 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z For days afterward it sat in the bathroom atop a phrenology bust that my husband donated from his study. Well: Living With Cancer: Wigged Out 2014-02-20T20:02:08Z Skinner, a poster of a rock band called the Freudian Slips, phrenology charts and a comic book titled “Dr. Id, Psychologist of the Supernatural.” Once Part of Hoarders’ Famous Collection, a Clock Resurfaces 2013-12-25T22:41:15Z Wallace, for example, was also a firm believer in phrenology, spiritualism and psychic phenomena, evidence for which he collected at séances over the objections of his more skeptical colleagues. The Danger for Scientists of Keeping an Open Mind 2013-09-10T12:45:19.750Z In the 1820s-1840s, when phrenology was all the rage, employers often demanded a character reference from a local phrenologist to check whether you'd be a good employee or a potential criminal. Can Googling be racist? 2013-02-05T13:00:51Z Some of the anthropologists, attracted to phrenology, asked for skulls, while others wanted skin with elaborate tribal markings. The bone collectors: a brutal chapter in Australia's past 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Letters in the database address this, as well as topics as diverse as biogeography, socialism and phrenology. Letters of Alfred Russel Wallace Go Online 2013-01-25T00:15:00.397Z The figure thereof was long, and the jaws of the form called lantern, with high cheek bones, and a forehead so covered with protuberances, that it seemed made on purpose for the demonstration of phrenology. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z Perhaps this was a matter of sheer phrenology—the suggestion of something sallow and ominous in Kromer’s jawline and eye sockets. Jonathan Lethem: “The Porn Critic.” 2012-04-02T04:00:00Z It was a most interesting and satisfactory experiment, as an illustration of phrenology. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z A tournament bracket can reveal more about a person’s character than handwriting analysis, or even phrenology. | Selection Sunday: What Your N.C.A.A. Tournament Bracket Says About You 2012-03-12T00:02:40Z In metaphysics, in phrenology, in animal magnetism, in electricity, in chemistry, the tendency is the same, even when conclusions seem most dissonant. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Logically, however, physiognomy follows phrenology, as a transition from the formulation of structure to the formulation of behavior. Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods 2012-02-24T03:00:25.813Z They were afraid that phrenology might, in some way, interfere with the scheme of salvation, or prevent the eternal torment of some erring soul. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z While we were conversing, the lady's husband came up, and finding that I was an American, made some inquiries about the progress of phrenology on the other side of the water. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z He also studied theology, political economy, history, phrenology, literature, etc. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z During the first year in Liverpool after my marriage, I had a peculiar and interesting experience with the science of phrenology. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z Barren as phrenology and physiognomics were of formulable and useful results, they nevertheless served the purpose of directing attention toward the study of individual differences in mental characteristics as a distinct branch of inquiry. Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods 2012-02-24T03:00:25.813Z With the help of a lamp, and in consideration of a small fee, we ascended the spinal column, and made ourselves comfortable within the sacred precincts of phrenology. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z A beautiful science," said he, "is the phrenology, according to the theory of the learned counsel for the prisoner. Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton 2011-11-15T03:00:20.413Z Phrenologically speaking, her head was said to be the exact counterpart of that of Lafayette, and the similarity was often alluded to by lecturers on the then new and fashionable study of phrenology. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z There were still higher authorities in phrenology, and I felt that I should not be satisfied until I had the verdict of the highest court of appeals. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z Magic, clairvoyance, phrenology, physiognomics, were all founded on the treacherous basis of "personal observation" and occasional striking coincidence. Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods 2012-02-24T03:00:25.813Z Having in earlier years made a study of phrenology, I thought this the proper time to put some of the principals I had learned to the test. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z Throughout the world, at least so much of it as is illuminated by the light of phrenology, perfect liberty will obtain, and the present generation will wonder at the darkness in which their ancestors groped. Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton 2011-11-15T03:00:20.413Z Very little has been done towards an exact science of human phrenology. Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations 2011-08-01T02:00:12.067Z Mr. Bray, an enthusiastic believer in phrenology, was so much struck with the grand proportions of her head that he took Marian Evans to London to have a cast taken. Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z The fourth assumption of phrenology, that sparse and casual observation of striking cases is sufficient ground for generalization, we should be able to dismiss at once as utterly inadequate and miscalculated. Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods 2012-02-24T03:00:25.813Z A certain phrenologist was giving a public exhibition showing the science of phrenology. The Palm Tree Blessing 2011-07-11T02:00:05.463Z Object not that the anatomy of beasts gives no secure result, since if this is the case, how can phrenology itself dare to hope to give more certain judgments? The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z The difficulties remain pretty much as they were many years ago, and our comparative phrenology, if we may use such a term, is in a very imperfect state. Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations 2011-08-01T02:00:12.067Z George Combe discussed with his host the principles of phrenology, at that time claiming "its thousands of disciples." Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z Historically, the attempts to formulate principles of physiognomy antedate phrenology by many centuries. Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods 2012-02-24T03:00:25.813Z This work in its day made as great a sensation as the “Esprit” of Helvetius at a later time; and in effect resembled the phrenology of our day, and was as ludicrously applied. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The endeavor has been likened, by the harshest of critics, to a new wave of phrenology, the pseudoscientific idea that bumps on a skull indicate some kind of "brain map." Looking for Empathy in a Conflict-Ridden World 2011-05-18T14:15:02.227Z A still higher function of phrenology, as it relates to mankind at large, not merely to the few unfortunates who labour under malady, is its empire over education. Christian Phrenology A Guide to Self-Knowledge 2011-04-03T02:00:15.543Z Then he talked to De Costa about his medical studies and about phrenology. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z Thus arose phrenology, one of the most persistent fallacies of vocational analysis. Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods 2012-02-24T03:00:25.813Z Pate retired from the platform a proud and happy man, and from that day became an enthusiastic student of the science of phrenology. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z He was not poor; he was not a gambler; he was not a speculator; but phrenology settled it. Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 2011-03-04T03:00:58.347Z This is not quite conformable with the wishes of phrenology; but we must leave any dispute between that art and nature to its own issue. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Strong apprehensions have also been excited respecting phrenology and mesmerism. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z Scores of professionals thrive on their lucrative practice of its dogmas, and university graduates smile in a guilty way when asked, "Do you believe in phrenology?" Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods 2012-02-24T03:00:25.813Z In exercising this important privilege, Mr. Pate displayed his great knowledge of human nature acquired by a thorough study of phrenology. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z One of my city friends who is interested in the study of phrenology once told me that my bump of adaptability is very strongly developed. Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z Ask Pancho Villa's biographer where the skull is and he rattles off some rumors: the Skull and Bones Crypt at Yale University, or an erstwhile phrenology laboratory in Illinois. Pancho Villa Remains Elusive Even in Death 2010-04-15T00:52:00Z Nor does phrenology afford any stronger proof that law governs the natural world, than do the other sciences. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z "Are we to study phrenology?" laughed Felix, rather nervously, for a suspicion began to dawn upon him. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. "It ought to be," answered the professor, "if the world were thoroughly alive to the importance of the noble science of phrenology." Wait and Hope A Plucky Boy's Luck So much talk about "bumps," that a stranger would think he had come to hear an open-air lecture on phrenology. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, June 21 1890 Many a disciple of Lavater and of Spurzheim will tell you that physiology and phrenology are each, and of themselves, infallible tests of character. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 But this is not because there are any special grounds for such opinions in phrenology or mesmerism. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z They stood for some time before the well-known head of Zeus, the contour and features of which appeared to them quite orthodox, according to the standard of phrenology. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 When the examination was concluded, the old lady expressed her faith in phrenology. Wait and Hope A Plucky Boy's Luck Poor fellow! they were beautifully balanced, and phrenology for once would have its triumph in showing the mental and the moral qualities in equilibrium. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day If there's any thing in physiology and phrenology, they deserve hanging, any how!” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 Whatever we may think of phrenology, we cannot withhold our hearty approval of the methods of teaching which are recommended by Mr. Sizer. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. He has no knowledge of phrenology, and the faculty has come to him simply as the result of long experience. The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. "In both these cases phrenology would have enabled you to understand their deficiencies, and saved you from hiring them." Wait and Hope A Plucky Boy's Luck Little Leo, it appeared, was working his way simultaneously through biology, astrophysics, phrenology, chemical engineering, architecture, Christian Science, psychosomatic medicine, marine law; business management, Yoga, crystallography, metaphysics and modern literature. Special Delivery He proceeded to Paris to complete his medical studies, and whilst there he investigated phrenology on anatomical principles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" As to the phrenology of it, they may let that go. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. The pretended localizations of phrenology are all wrong. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life I lecture on phrenology and examine heads, describing the character and prominent traits of my subjects on phrenological principles. Wait and Hope A Plucky Boy's Luck Last and most wonderful of all, Gall and Spurzheim were in every one’s mouth; and the Law student, after having exhausted Byron’s poetry and Scott’s novels, informed the ladies of his belief in phrenology. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers From that time he saw everything by the light of phrenology. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" Geology, astronomy, astrology, phrenology, psychology, and so on, and so on—you know the whole list of them, Professor. Talkers With Illustrations A good deal of what Kibby says is based upon phrenology. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories Now you must draw your own conclusions as to the causes of this state of mind of mine with regard to phrenology. Records of Later Life I had read that quasi-science, phrenology, and came to the conclusion that I could not stick to any one thing because my bump of “continuity” was poorly developed. Confessions of a Neurasthenic In 1838 he visited America and spent about two years lecturing on phrenology, education and the 751 treatment of the criminal classes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" I do not attach any value to physiognomies, and consider phrenology, craniology, and their kindred, to be rather humbugs; but, nevertheless, I was struck with the soft, insignificant inexpressiveness of his eyes and features. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 The lead into phrenology sponsored by Gall and Spurzheim proved to be a blind trail. Introduction to the Science of Sociology To tell you the truth, dear Harriet, I have not thought about phrenology, one way or the other, but I have thought this phrenological verdict about myself nonsense. Records of Later Life For my part, I would greatly prefer it to our best female lectures on phrenology or physiology. The Land of Thor In 1842 he delivered, in German, a course of twenty-two lectures on phrenology in the university of Heidelberg, and he travelled much in Europe, inquiring into the management of schools, prisons and asylums. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" We would especially recommend all who are interested in anthropology, phrenology, and psychology, to see and hear him for themselves. Music and Some Highly Musical People Physiognomy, or the interpretation of character through the observation of the features, has long been relegated by the scientific world to the limbo occupied by astrology, alchemy, phrenology, and the practice of charlatans. Introduction to the Science of Sociology They now thought that there might be some sense in physiognomy and phrenology, but animal magnetism was preposterous. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II In his hands it has elicited a valuable and practical, though rude, system of phrenology. Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 Dr. P. made a valuable collection of crania, and was almost the only American scientist who gave much attention to the cultivation of phrenology. Buchanan's Journal of Man, December 1887 Volume 1, Number 11 Christian Psychology is equivalent to Christian phrenology, physiology and mythology, whereas Jesus predicted and demonstrated Christian healing on the basis of Spirit, God. McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 “This bump behind the ear, if the system of phrenology has any value, would indicate unusual pugnacity.” 'Me--Smith' So they swallowed physiognomy in order to be strong enough to combat phrenology. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II The conversation happening to turn on phrenology, he insisted on my examining his head, and pronouncing a phrenological diagnosis on it. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Among those present, was a friend of mine named Thomson, who was rather given to be cynical in his remarks, and was besides addicted to the study of phrenology. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. In my first study of phrenology over fifty years ago, I adopted this method, and diligently measured heads with callipers, relying on the results, until I found them decidedly erroneous. Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 5 He is studying the phrenology of a star. The Lost Art of Reading That a diminution of the posterior lobes should be recognized as a mark of inferiority, does not harmonize with the old ideas of phrenology. Buchanan's Journal of Man, March 1887 Volume 1, Number 2 In this correspondence lies the only sound kernel of the sickly, overgrown fancies of phrenology. Freedom in Science and Teaching. from the German of Ernst Haeckel No wonder," said I, "that your sister is so devout a believer in phrenology, when she sees such effects of the development of 'number.' Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. The lecturer even questioned whether the science he promulgated was properly termed phrenology. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis I was at a phrenology lecture once, and the feeler could tell all that was going on in a man's head just by the bumps. Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy 1899 These questions, involving among other things the infant and difficult science of phrenology, Dr Prichard has left very much to conjecture. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 The discussion commenced by some remark I made about physiognomy; he took it up, and passed on to phrenology—in which he is no great believer. A Confederate Girl's Diary When his life as a student came to an end, he returned home with his whole faculties of curiosity and enthusiasm concentrated upon natural history, phrenology, and animal magnetism. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 7: W.R. Greg: A Sketch Here Professor gives a little lecture on phrenology, impelled thereto by Penny's capital allusion. The History of "Punch" Spirit-rappings had fallen a trifle into disfavour; and phrenology was making converts. A Little Girl of Long Ago There was an American practising phrenology, when a phrenologist arrived from England. Diary in America, Series Two The conversation took a physiological turn; and gradually the modern science of phrenology, which was just then becoming fashionable, came on the carpet. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver The word phrenology has become so identified with his incomplete discoveries, that it may be laid aside in the present stage of our progress. Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887 Volume 1, Number 1 His Catholicism no more alienates him from modern life than Wallace's profound belief in phrenology puts him beyond the pale of science. Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles His chief one was an extravagant belief in phrenology. The Red Eric “I shall exhibit these crania at the free lectures and demonstrate the scientific principle upon which phrenology rests,” continued the Professor, as he conducted the reporter through an inspection of the outfit. How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony The truth of the principles of phrenology was affirmed with the tremendous emphasis of eleven to one. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 Never had astronomy, never had geology, never had phrenology, never had anthropology, one smile from the organized theological guardians of the ancient falsehood called orthodoxy. Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887 Volume 1, Number 1 It is not a new kind of phrenology. The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale But these statements can not be applied off-hand to individuals, as the practise of phrenology would require. The Story of the Mind “It is a popular error to suppose that phrenology depends upon ‘bumps,’ so called, or protuberances or hollows in the conformation of the skull. How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony A quaker being asked his opinion of phrenology, replied indignantly, "Friend, there can be no good in a science that compels a man to take off his hat!" The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings The attacks upon phrenology have been generally remarkable for their logical feebleness. Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887 Volume 1, Number 1 If there is anything in phrenology, his perceptive faculties must be very highly developed. Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities "But I studied phrenology long ago and think I understand it quite well." The Reminiscences of an Astronomer For several years the citizens of Memphis have not had an opportunity to hear a discussion of the principles of the science of phrenology, or character reading. How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony Its advocates were likely to be interested in phrenology, advanced social experiments, or modification of the marriage laws. Modern Religious Cults and Movements But brain and skull do not always correspond with sufficient closeness; and besides, Sir William Hamilton has shown conclusively, I believe, that phrenology is quackery; its principles are not scientific and its observations not reliable. Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence Tho the doctrines of phrenology, as now taught, may prove false—which is quite doubtful—or receive extensive modifications, yet the consequences to the philosophy of the mind will be vastly useful. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. It may appear strange to the reader if a system so completely exploded as that of phrenology should have any value as a mental discipline. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer “What benefits do you claim, Professor, to result from the practice of phrenology as applied to matrimony?” How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony If there be anything at all in the observations of phrenology, it is the connection of energetic determination with size of brain. Practical Essays Such are the pages referring to phrenology and to music, which accompany the anatomical description of the skull and of the organs of voice; and the chapter on artistic expression which closes the book. The Wonders of Pompeii After dinner I read Combe's "Constitution of Man," which interested me very much, though it fails to convince me that phrenology can alone bestow this insight into human nature. Records of a Girlhood Physiology, or even phrenology, with the value of which Comte was much impressed, must take its place. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant Perhaps there is no branch of the science of phrenology which has received such crude treatment at the hands of phrenological writers as this subject of organic quality. How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony Doctors Spurzheim and Gall have acquired immense renown for their ingenious and plausible system of phrenology. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 27, 1841 The head of Mr. Bryant is the best ever published of that poet; it presents his fine features and striking phrenology with great force and with pleasing as well as just effect. International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850 We have had several in our village within a few years, but never one which 'paid,' unless it was one on phrenology, or physiology, or psychology, and plentifully spiced with humor of the coarsest sort. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy I have always believed in physiognomy and phrenology. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 Crime has more origin in the head than the heart, and it is in the study of phrenology that we have the fact revealed.” How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony Latterly, however, he devoted himself to the promotion of phrenology, and of his views on education, for which he in 1848 founded a school. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature Swift's head is a refutation of phrenology, being small, sloping and ordinary. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great If they are impossible according to the doctrines of phrenology, let phrenology look to this, and rectify her blunder in the best way, as speedily as she can. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 The first of these has been characterized by loose thinking, unscientific methods, arbitrary and complicated systems—- such as palmistry, astrology, physiognomy, phrenology, and others of the same ilk. Analyzing Character For some time before that I studied phrenology and practiced law, but in later years I have devoted all my time to the active practice of that which I have now made my profession. How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony —Writer on phrenology and education, b. in Edin., where for some time he practised as a lawyer. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature Of phrenology I have heard such conflicting opinions that only my own small experience would satisfy me of its general truth. A Brief Memoir with Portions of the Diary, Letters, and Other Remains, of Eliza Southall, Late of Birmingham, England How came he, a phrenologist, so far and no further, but from certain information gathered from his consciousness, or his memory, which convicted phrenology of error? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 This seems to be a development of the old idea of phrenology. Analyzing Character He may say he doesn’t believe in phrenology, but, unconsciously, perhaps, he practices it.” How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony In 1837, a little incident occurred, which may be interesting to those who are curious concerning phrenology. Isaac T. Hopper It is well known, that, till phrenology became the common talk, the author's principal business was, to commend his own method of teaching grammar, and to turn this publication to profit. The Grammar of English Grammars The nose is the true seat of the mind; and therefore, gentlemen, Nosology, or the science of the nose, is the true phrenology. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 I perfectly concur with you in your remarks on the minor details of phrenology. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers The first class is composed of those who have already tested phrenology and found it valuable, who have studied the subject and appropriated its truths, and before whom I need not argue its utility. How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony If there be truth in phrenology he is a man above the common. History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other Items of Interest Craniology, or phrenology, proceeds exactly in the same train, as chiromancy, or any of those pretended sciences which are built merely on assumption or conjecture. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author These popular stereotypes were then joined to the teachings of Houston Stewart Chamberlain which had built on elements from biology, anthropology, sociology, and phrenology. The Black Experience in America Last and most wonderful of all, Gall and Spurzheim were in every one’s mouth; and the Law student, after having exhausted Byron’s poetry and Scott’s novels, informed the ladies of his belief in phrenology. Lay Morals In order to understand this definition of the "fine physique" by George Sand, we must remember that she was very much taken up with phrenology at this time. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings The Progress of Science-Steam, electricity, invention, scientific discovery, anatomy, physiology, medicine, phrenology. Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. But the march of craniology or phrenology, by whatever name it is called, is directly the reverse of this. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author If we try to take this explanation seriously, we find that the science of phrenology teaches that females, as a rule, inherit the traits of their fathers, and males the traits of their mothers. The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments I had hoped that phrenology would step in and start this reform; but so far it has not, within the range of my observation. Remarks Most of these men had very bad countenances, and I never felt so much convinced of the truth of phrenology as while looking at their heads. Life in the Clearings versus the Bush Then he talked to me about phrenology, of which he seems a firm believer and skilful practitioner, telling how he had hit upon the true character of many people. Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1 Andrew Carnegie said: "Not to know phrenology is sure to keep you standing on the 'Bridge of Sighs' all your life." To Infidelity and Back During the last half of my 'teens I was greatly interested in phrenology and possessed a copy of Spurzheim's "Phrenology," and of Comb's "Constitution of Man." My Boyhood He once rode the war pony into the fray and buried his tomahawk in the phrenology of his foe. Remarks We "ran" Malachi to believe that the bricklayer was mad on the subject of phrenology, and was suspected of having killed several persons in order to obtain their skulls for experimental purposes. While the Billy Boils We had not been long at Cincinnati when Dr. Caldwell, the Spurzheim of America, arrived there for the purpose of delivering lectures on phrenology. Domestic Manners of the Americans I have received more help for my practical work in the ministry from phrenology than from any other half-dozen studies, except the Bible. To Infidelity and Back A certain hocus-pocus concerning character reading, a perverted revival of the ancient phrenology and physiognomy, has invaded the employment territory in America as the newest charlatanism. The Glands Regulating Personality I had not fully decided whether to become a stage robber or a lecturer on phrenology. Remarks Animal magnetism; physiognomy, a rational though fallacious science; phrenology, a doctrine abounding with many singular manifestions, and possessing claims not to be put down by mere force of prejudice, are all of German origin. Thaumaturgia Then, hurrying all my phrenology into my hat, I started down the street. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 29, October 15, 1870 In the coming century, phrenology will assuredly attain general acceptance. To Infidelity and Back My impression of Kossuth's phrenology was that there was not power or animal energy sufficient to account for the ascendancy he acquired over a turbulent aristocracy and a rude uncivilized democracy. Canada and the States Fifty years ago Fowler and Wells, the founders of the science of phrenology and physiognomy, very wisely differentiated and defined four "temperaments" of mankind. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations "This," he declared, positively, "is something that will become a matter of course in our own educational system, as soon as the science of phrenology is better understood." The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life You have gone to see a panorama, or to hear a lecture on phrenology. The Recreations of a Country Parson I declare myself a hundred times more indebted to phrenology than to all the metaphysical works that I ever read. To Infidelity and Back I find his phrenology and physiognomy more than ordinarily typical and suggestive. Birds and Poets : with Other Papers When I speak to you of phrenology, sir, you smile, and you think, perhaps, of a man who sits in a back room and takes your shilling for feeling the bumps of your head. The Tempting of Tavernake If there is any truth in phrenology, they must have their share of the brutal passions. Expedition into Central Australia As for phrenology! he never believed in a single bump, and cites his own contracted forehead as the very strongest proof against the theory. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter How could a person be more healthy, happy and successful than by normally and harmoniously developing all his faculties as phrenology points them out to him? To Infidelity and Back According to Moleschott's celebrated dictum—'Without phosphorus no thought,' and if there be any truth in physiology and phrenology, you women have been stinted by nature in the supply of phosphorus. St. Elmo When we were boys and girls at home, you used to talk perfect oceans about physiognomy, and phrenology, and unerring signs of character. Helen's Babies That phrenology and caudology are sister sciences, one being quite as demonstrable as the other, and more too. The Monikins We young fellows in those times knew little enough about phrenology. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn I believe that phrenology has blazed the way for this new psychology. To Infidelity and Back He's a dabbler in a good many things—science, phrenology, antiques. Indiscretions of Archie Combativeness, to use the language of phrenology, is one of the most lively instincts of humanity. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples With these appeared the adepts of homoeopathy, of hydropathy, of mesmerism, of phrenology, and their wonderful theories of the Christian miracles! Essays — Second Series Your eldest has the brow of an observer, if there be the least truth in phrenology. More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 All my life long I have been in the habit of using phrenology as that which solves the practical phenomena of life. To Infidelity and Back By the manner in which I spoke of the brain, you will see that I am obliged to leave phrenology sub Jove,—out in the cold,—as not one of the household of science. Medical Essays, 1842-1882 In his moral phrenology the professor might have marked the organ of secretiveness as very large, and that of conscientiousness omitted. The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 Mesmerism followed close upon phrenology; and this too had its lecturers, who entertained the stronger portion of their audiences by showing them how easily the weaker ones could be brought under an uncanny influence. A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) Do not believe too much in phrenology; for I have the murderer's bump largely developed, and, as Edmee used to say with grim humour, "killing comes natural" to our family. Mauprat I look upon phrenology as the guide to philosophy and the handmaid of Christianity. To Infidelity and Back But the pseudo-sciences, phrenology and the rest, seem to me only appeals to weak minds and the weak points of strong ones. Medical Essays, 1842-1882 Rather peculiar ornaments, I dare say, you consider those, Mr. Scott; but I am greatly interested in phrenology and devote much of my leisure time to its study. That Mainwaring Affair Here our whole party, joining voices, detailed, at great length, the assumptions of phrenology and the marvels of animal magnetism. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 It cannot be denied that phrenology and, in great measure, all metaphysicianism have been concocted a priori. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 This earliest of specialists in brain studies was a German by birth but Parisian by adoption, Dr. Franz Joseph Gall, originator of the since-notorious system of phrenology. A History of Science — Volume 4 A few of the methods used have become organized into specialties, such as the study of the head or phrenology, and the study of the hand or palmistry. The Foundations of Personality This he did not wish to do, and so turned his attention to astrology and phrenology, the other subjects which his friend talked of. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 This conclusion, which incidentally gave a quietus to phrenology, was accepted generally, and became the stock doctrine of cerebral physiology for a generation. A History of Science — Volume 4 Induction, a posteriori, would have brought phrenology to admit, as an innate and primitive principle of human action, a paradoxical something, which we may call perverseness, for want of a more characteristic term. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 At this time the old dispute over phrenology had broken out afresh, and the studies of Flourens were aimed, in part at least, at the strictly scientific investigation of this troublesome topic. A History of Science — Volume 4 According to his age or ability these speculations give us alchemy or chemistry, astrology or astronomy, magic or religion, spiritism or psychology, the were-wolf or psycho-analysis, phrenology or psychiatry, and so on. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 From phrenology he learned there was a time to be born; from this he passed to astrology. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 Of late years his reading has been confined to sexual topics, as discussed by various quacks, astrology, phrenology, Christian Science, and religion. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 In the matter of phrenology, for example, we first determined, naturally enough, that it was the design of the Deity that man should eat. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 |
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