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Craniology

The department of science (as of ethnology or archaeology) which deals with the shape, size, proportions, indications, etc., of skulls; the study of skulls.

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Phrenology 76% connected

The science of the special functions of the several parts of the brain, or of the supposed connection between the various faculties of the mind and p…

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Phrenologist 74% connected

One versed in phrenology; a craniologist.

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Phrenologist 74% connected

One versed in phrenology; a craniologist.

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