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Franz Joseph #Gall (1758-1828) pioneered the concept that different areas of the brain had specific functions but mistakenly related them to bumps or contours of the skull, the basic thesis of #phrenology, and was eventually charged with charlatanism. https://t.co/zPPvLKNRfM
HAVING YOUR BUMPS FELT merges the pseudoscience of phrenology & quack medicines of the mid-C19th & C20th. Such cure-alls sought to redress general & specific physical imbalance or implied social inadequacy, notably targeting 'women's problems' or 'hysterical women'.
#illustration number 11 from the new book 'The Stradivaripuss job’.
#illustrator #animals #art #artworks #artistoninstagram #cat #catlovers #catoftheday #painting #acrylpainting #children_book #illustratorsoninstagram #phrenology #phrenologyhead #phrenologychart #phobias #phobia
Vertex. Sold his soul but the demonic power given to him was too strong causing him to lose his sense of self. He has the ability to manipulate the psychological pressure points on his victim using the phrenology head he can summon in his hand.
Fan of phrenology? Believe you can tell someone’s character by reading the bumps on their head?
Well, let us tell you about TOE-TOLOGY!
Use this handy poster to identify the foot characteristics of gossip-pativeness, flirtology & cheap-shoe-shop-itiveness.
#AprilFools
...and some very nice stuff you produced too of the Anti-Mask Nero of the New Forest, who has, let's face it, a quite precise place in the Phrenology of red-trousered Tories. Here's @caRICKaturist @crompolius @lightacandleOTM & @Songicartoons
@YorkshireMuseum Our entry for #CURATORBATTLE #SassiestObject is this super-sassy, mid-C19th print spoofing phrenology. It's called 'Toe-tology' & it features gossip-pativeness, flirtology & cheap-shoe-shop-itiveness!
Do enjoy early phrenology texts. In 1815 Thomas Forster proposed that the human brain had an ‘Organ of Mysterizingness’, which disposed people to believe in ghosts, astrology etc. What a wonderful organ. Crucikshank had fun at their expense - see here https://t.co/UBNr4Lhnex
Is Neuroimaging Just Modern Phrenology? https://t.co/3R5siq0yJW
Phrenology, magic lanterns & Poe. Looking forward to this one: #TheTigerLillies, Edgar Allan Poe: A Hauntology https://t.co/iYPmpaihJJ