Mirror of Literature,  8 (1826), 198–99.

Origins and Inventions. No. XXI.

F R Y

Genre:

Regular Feature, Miscellaneous

Publications abstracted:

[Hamilton 1826]



[1] Craniology

Subjects:

Phrenology


    The origin of craniology is attributed by 'an author who has lately published a dissertation upon the subject to John Rohan de Retham, who published a tract thereon, in the year 1500 [...]. The fable [of craniology] is, therefore, as obsolete as it is absurd; and presents but the "organic remains" of a craniology exploded more than three hundred years ago' (198).




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