“According to the science of phrenology, which was currently all the rage, such a brow hinted at intelligence and broadness of mind.”

“He devoted his life to the species problem but also became a popular authority on many topics, including spiritualism, mesmerism, and phrenology.”

“And some courts have taken judicial notice of the irrationality of certain pseudosciences, including phrenology and astrology.”

“A phrenologist, who examined my head when I was a boy, said the two sides were unlike.”

“My mother said it was inside and that the phrenologist meant I must be a good boy.”

“No astrologer, graphologist or phrenologist can find the right stars, bumps or lines by which to judge.”

“Nineteenth-century phrenologists, for example, thought they had identified particular skull bumps that corresponded to religiosity.”

“Other sometimes itinerant practitioners in early America included phrenologists.”

“In the 19th century phrenologists claimed to be able to predict criminal behaviour through skull shape.”