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The divisions of the skull as suggested by phrenologists such as Johann Kaspar Spurzheim.
Spurzheim, Johann Kaspar; phrenology
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Illustration of a human head in profile with colored sections labeled to show phrenology chart areas, each representing different presumed mental faculties.
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