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Victorian Obsessions: Phrenology

February 27, 2012 By Ying 2 Comments

Welcome to the first day of the Traitor in the Tunnel blog tour! Did you know that the bumps on your head reveal your personality? At least, some Victorians thought so.

Read about the Victorian Obsession of Phrenology, my favourite pseudo-science, at I Swim for Oceans.

Filed Under: Short Essays, The Traitor and the Tunnel Tagged With: blog tour, Canada, The Agency, The Traitor and the Tunnel, US

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  1. Dulcinea says

    February 28, 2012 at 4:45 pm

    Wow, i never would’ve imagined something like this… it’s kind of odd. But I can see where it would’ve been an amusing pastime, or a good brain stretcher during that time. Awesome entry!

  2. Ying says

    February 29, 2012 at 9:13 am

    Thanks, Dulcinea! As someone who’s a sucker for magazine quizzes, I think the Victorian me would have loved phrenology.

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