Here’s a little throwback Batboy for you and some DIY Phrenology:

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or phrenology, phenomenology overlooked cousin

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Rap History: The Roots - ‘Phrenology’, released November 26, 2002.

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Franz Joseph (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 and was eventually charged with charlatanism. https://t.co/zPPvLKNRfM

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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'.

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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.

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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.

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Phrenology guide or just Edwardian shitposts

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...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 &

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Silverstream has taken an interest in Phrenology

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Our entry for is this super-sassy, mid-C19th print spoofing phrenology. It's called 'Toe-tology' & it features gossip-pativeness, flirtology & cheap-shoe-shop-itiveness!

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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

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Is Neuroimaging Just Modern Phrenology? https://t.co/3R5siq0yJW

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Phrenology, magic lanterns & Poe. Looking forward to this one: Edgar Allan Poe: A Hauntology https://t.co/iYPmpaihJJ

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