| Her sister reported that mesmerism and phrenology were also sensations in their north Alabama town while she was away. |
| He reminds us of Wallace's achievements and pins his downfall on his distracting interest in such fringe fields as mesmerism and phrenology. |
| He devoted his life to the species problem but also became a popular authority on many topics, including spiritualism, mesmerism, and phrenology. |
| This looked very much like some of the phrenology and craniometry that was being done in the 19th Century. |
| According to the science of phrenology, which was currently all the rage, such a brow hinted at intelligence and broadness of mind. |
| And some courts have taken judicial notice of the irrationality of certain pseudosciences, including phrenology and astrology. |
