Benjamin Franklin Sands 1861 - American Civil War Forums Preferring an exploratory science of Phrenology instead of the intrusive invasion of 'matter' as in many fields of medicine, I have to point out the fine example of this specimen, @AndyHall Just an abstract inference on obviating a mute point is made here Others will notice button details, epaulets, and uniform stitching; all distinguishing features to identify and categorize the individual
Our Lumpy-Headed Ancestors, Who Knew? Phrenology, One Bump At A Time Phrenology is a curious field because it's on to something, kind of Head injuries or a deformed skull can indicate brain abnormalities Whatever real merits it might have had were essentially lost as it became a tool for racial darwinism and carnival entertainment
Phrenology and the Civil War | Medical Care The article was good, but the subject of phrenology I about laughable It was an oddity then, and in many ways it is not hard to believe that many people thought it legit I would suspect there are those that believe in it now As disproven as it is, but I would like to find one of those heads used in the study They are somewhat valuable
Our Lumpy-Headed Ancestors, Who Knew? Phrenology, One Bump At A Time Happened across this thread on a search, but it immediately reminded me of a story I had read of Ulysses S Grant This excerpt is take from Brooks D Simpson's book on Grant: Triumph Over Adversity: "Jesse wore the stories out in the retelling, never letting listeners forget that he was
NF - Mercy Street S2: E2 - The House Guest | Civil War Books, Stories . . . On a separate note, what are people's thoughts of new head of the hospital? Major McBurney seemed an odd fellow to be sure I don't like him nor do I trust him with wacky ideas on phrenology, which was just a way to keep women and African Americans in their respective places in the 19th century