Our Lumpy-Headed Ancestors, Who Knew? Phrenology, One …
Feb 14, 2012 · 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 …
Phrenology and the Civil War | Medical Care
Apr 1, 2016 · 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 …
Benjamin Franklin Sands 1861 - American Civil War Forums
Nov 27, 2018 · 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, …
Our Lumpy-Headed Ancestors, Who Knew? Phrenology, One …
Jan 24, 2017 · 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 …
NF - Mercy Street S2: E2 - The House Guest | Civil War Books, …
Jul 21, 2012 · 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 …
Ideal map of Gettysburg battlefield - American Civil War Forums
May 18, 2017 · I'd argue it's not really a map but, rather, some attempt to show some imagined mathematical relationship to the events of the battle; perhaps a bit of cartographic phrenology ?