‘Materials of the Mind’ Review: The Lost Art of Reading Bumps
In the summer of 1868, in sweltering Barbados, a man named W.D. Maxwell , a native of the island, gave a series of public lectures on the subject of phrenology. Audience members were pleased; a Mr. Brewster, who had his head measured and manipulated by Maxwell, later professed his enthusiasm for the …
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