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Phrenology: How to Tell Your Own and Your Friend's Character From the Shape of the Head 1910

Phrenology: How to Tell Your Own and Your Friend's Character From the Shape of the Head 1910

Olin, Charles H.

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Metaphysical GeneralFiction AnthologiesGeneral Psychology

ISBN10: 1163202207
ISBN13: 9781163202203
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 174
Weight: 0.94
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Phrenology: How to Tell Your Own and Your Friend's Character From the Shape of the Head 1910 is a book written by Charles H. Olin. The book is a guide to the pseudoscientific practice of phrenology, which claims that the shape and size of a person's skull can reveal their personality traits and intellectual abilities. The book provides readers with instructions on how to examine the shape of their own and others' heads to determine their character and temperament. The author provides illustrations and descriptions of the various areas of the brain that are believed to correspond to different traits and abilities, such as love of music, combativeness, and secretiveness. The book also includes a glossary of phrenological terms and a brief history of the practice. Despite its outdated and discredited scientific claims, Phrenology: How to Tell Your Own and Your Friend's Character From the Shape of the Head 1910 is a fascinating artifact of 19th-century pseudoscience and a window into the beliefs and attitudes of the time.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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