Phrenology practically explained, illustrated and applied / by J. Millott Severn.

  • Severn, J. Millott (Joseph Millott), 1860-1942.
Date:
[1905?]
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Credit: Phrenology practically explained, illustrated and applied / by J. Millott Severn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ADVICE TO PARENTS: CHILDREN’S HEALTH, EDUCATION, DIET, &c. Professional Phrenologists, in the course of their every-day practice, frequently meet with remarkable heads. It will be interesting to give some details of a boy brought to me for a phrenological examination, and whose portraits accompany this article. Seeing that his head was unusually long— Dolichocephalic in Shape, I asked the parents to allow me to have him photographed, and give some explanations of his character and capacities, to which they courteously con- sented. One object in giving this sketch, with illustrations, is to shew the value and importance of parents having their children’s characters phrenologically delineated, and especially so when their children possess extraordinary men- tal developments, or a weakness of Physical compared with Mental powers; and, further, to shew the many conditions the Phrenologist has to take into account, and the advice needed to be given in the cases of children so organised. Cases of this kind shew how necessary it 1s that the Phrenologist should be well-versed in physiology and hygiene. To tell the parents of such a boy that he had A Great Intellect, and say nothing regarding his health and physical conditions would be utterly misleading. How he will manifest his ex- ceptional intellect will depend so very much upon the care taken of his health, and the building up of his physique. This boy’s head is very large in proportion ‘to his body. It is 2132 inches in circumferen- tial measurement, and exceptionally long and narrow—being in length 7% inches; width at Cautiousness 54 inches, and nearer towards the front only 54 inches. His age is eight years; height 3 feet 73 inches. Heis thus rather small of stature; and his mind powers are greatly ahead of his physical development. There is thus considerable strain upon the physical con- stitution; and, unless great care and dis- cretion be exercised, the health will suffer in consequence. The length from the open- ing of the ears to the centre of the forehead shews that the frontal or intellectual lobes of the brain are large; and the projection at the back of the head indicates large domestic organs, especially Philoprogenitiveness and Inhabitiveness. The Fulness of the Forehead, with the length, indicates the possession of exceedingly large organs of Eventuality, Causality, Comparison, large Human Nature, Mirthfulness, Imitation, Ideality, Individuality, good Constructiveness and Language. He has an extraordinary memory and a very thoughtful, philosophic bent of mind; great aptness in the perception of comparisons; a marked sense: of humour ; A Great Cause-seeking Mind; considerable originality and keen intuitions; and though original in ideas and conceptions has excellent imitative ability. He has strong susceptibilites and sympathies, which, combined with his large Philoprogenitiveness, will give him an intense love of animals, and an interest in the study of natural
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