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Bernard Hollander, phrenologist. Oil painting.

The phrenologist Bernard Hollander illustrating with his own head his system of cranial measurements. Photographs, c. 1902.

Child's head with large temporal lobes and depressed frontal lobe. Drawing, c. 1900.

Head of "a backward boy" divided into four cerebral lobes: profile. Ink drawing with watercolour, c. 1900.

Two sections of the brain, divided into different lobes and faculties, according to Hollander's system of phrenology. Pen drawing, c. 1902.

Left profile of a head showing depressed frontal lobes. Drawing, c. 1900.

A female brain, sectioned vertically: side view. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.

Head showing the 'convolutions' (lobes) of the brain. Pen drawing after R. W. Reid.

Diagram of the brain for a phrenological textbook. Pen drawing, c. 1902.

Head of woman showing musical ability, according to phrenological classification. Drawing, c. 1900.

Child's head, with fat cheeks: profile. Drawing, c. 1900.

Abnormal children (nervous, mischievous, precocious, and backward) : a book for parents, teachers, and medical officers of schools / by Bernard Hollander.

Can insanity by cured by surgical operation? : lecture / by Dr. Bernard Hollander.

The brain seen from the underside, sectioned horizontally; with attention to the parts associated by Hollander's system of phrenology with the faculties of external perception and its memory. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.

Two skulls with temporal regions of different size and shape. Photomechanical reproduction with painting, c. 1902.

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Hollander, Bernard, 1864-1934

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Abnormal children (nervous, mischievous, precocious, and backward) : a book for parents, teachers, and medical officers of schools / by Bernard Hollander.

Can insanity by cured by surgical operation? : lecture / by Dr. Bernard Hollander.

The brain seen from the underside, sectioned horizontally; with attention to the parts associated by Hollander's system of phrenology with the faculties of external perception and its memory. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.

Two skulls with temporal regions of different size and shape. Photomechanical reproduction with painting, c. 1902.

Diagram of the brain for a phrenological textbook. Pen drawing, c. 1902.