This 1902 phrenology handbook is bonkers

Image: Library of CongressThe purpose of this book is to acquaint all with the elements of human nature and enable them to read these elements in all men, women and children in all countries.Preface, Vaught's Practical Character ReaderPhrenology — the pseudoscientific field of study premised on the theory that a person’s intellect, personality and character can be determined by the shape of his or her skull — was responsible for a host of ills during its heyday in the 19th cent