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- Brontë Sources, Texts, and Criticism - The text, "Elements of Phrenology" by George Combe is offered in its entirety.
faculty.plattsburgh.edu/peter.friesen/default.asp?go=218
- History of Phrenology and the Psychograph - A brief overview of the psychograph, a device used to measure the anatomical structure of a head.
www.mtn.org/quack/devices/psychist.htm
- Images Related to Phrenology and Physiognomy - Brief reviews of several sources containing physiognomical and phrenological images pertaining to race and especially Camper's facial angle and extensive extracts from texts.
www.newcastle.edu.au/discipline/fine-art/theory/race/phrenol.htm
- Neuroscience: The Legacy of Phrenology - Essay examining the relevance of phrenology to the evolution of modern neuroscience.
www.wabash.edu/depart/psych/Courses/Psych97A/STUDENT%20PROJECTS/Phrenology/mcbridec/mcbride.htm
- Phrenology - Dedicated to the promotion of modern scientific study, Van den Bossche Peter offers a synopsis of the study and offers examples in modern and paleolithic man. Also includes a bibliography and a sign-up for a mailing list.
www.phrenology.org
- Phrenology and the Fine Arts - Offers an interactive phrenological head which maps the various organs to their characteristics. Includes images of the symbolic head and physiognomy illustrations.
www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/phrenology
- Phrenology in America - A brief essay by Matthew C. Vukin examining the rise and fall of the cranioscopy movement.
clearinghouse.mwsc.edu/manuscripts/83.asp
- Phrenology: the History of Cerebral Localization - Renato M.E. Sabbatini, PhD offers details behind the theory and the personalities involved in the science. Also includes the phrenological map, a skeptic's perspective, modern studies and a treatsie looking at whether Gall was right or wrong.
www.epub.org.br/cm/n01/frenolog/frenologia.htm
- Reading Heads and Ruling Passions - An overview of phrenology across the world. Includes some unique extracts from primary documents.
www.usyd.edu.au/su/macleay/cphrenex.htm
- Skeptic's Dictionary: Phrenology (cranioscopy) - Historical information, details on related sciences and a list of links are offered from a skeptic's perspective.
skepdic.com/phren.html
- The History of Phrenology - Consists of essays on themes in the history, as well as a collection of images, digitized books relevant not only to the history of phrenology, but also to the history of evolutionary thought.
pages.britishlibrary.net/phrenology
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