Phrenology...

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December 01, 1853

AMERICAN PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL, New York, December, 1853 Phrenology is a theory stating that the personality traits of a person can be derived from the shape of the skull. Although holding no validity today, it was a popular science in the mid-19th century and this periodical focused on it.
Illustrations of those featured are Thomas Moore, Mary L. Booth, and A. L. Dennison