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message 1: by Joanna (new)

Joanna (foxwrapped) | 353 comments I downloaded from Google books some old issues of a phrenological journal. Really interesting pseudoscience stuff! Here.

"I regard Phrenology as the only system of mental philosphy which can be said to indicate with anything like clearness and precision, man's mized moral and intellectual nature, and as the only guide short of revelation for educating him in harmony with his faculties, as a being of power; with his wants, as a creature of necessity; and with his duties, as an agent responisble to his Maker and amenable to the laws declared by the all-wise Providence." John Bell, MD

Best parts are the advertisments!


message 2: by Jenna (new)

Jenna (juno-eclipse) | 9 comments Oooh, yes, isn't it fascinating? I can't imagine believing this stuff. Advertisements from that time period are endlessly entertaining, I could spend tons of time going through that stuff.


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