A skull with a high parietal bone; another indicating diminished frontal and enlarged occipital lobes. 2 photomechanical reproductions, c. 1902.

The left-hand print is published as plate 29, facing p. 150, in Bernard Hollander's 'Scientific phrenology' (Grant Richards: London, 1902). The lettering in the published version tells an entirely different story to the 'Normal skull' written here in Hollander's own hand: "Skull of a female servant, who committed suicide from over-sensitiveness, when wrongly accused of theft. Notice the curvature of the relatively large parietal bone and the convexity of the posterior region. Compare with it the temporal region, which is relatively small, hence she possessed not enough energy to stand up for herself and fight for her innocence." In the text, Hollander associates the parietal lobes with the emotion of fear, the foundation of morality. But when overdeveloped, they yield the predisposition to anxiety, depression and suicide (p. 141-155)

The right-hand print is published as plate 4, facing p. 34, in Hollander's 'The mental functions of the brain' (Grant Richards: London, 1901). The lettering is different in the published version: "Skull of an idiot-girl twenty years old. Notice the defective development of the frontal region". It gives the provenance of the image as "Vimont's Atlas (reduced)"

1902

2 process prints : half-tone

Normal skull. Skull of a feebleminded person

Wellcome Collection 28072i