Phrenological Journal, The

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The Phrenological Journal

1838-1911

The Phrenological Journal

American Phrenological Journal and Miscellany.

(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania then New York, USA.)

Also: • The Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated. •

(1838-1911)

The American Phrenological Journal and Miscellany was founded in 1838 as a phrenological periodical, though the details of its foundation are largely unknown. It was financially and ideologically supported by the phrenologist Fowler family, including Orson Squire Fowler, Lorenzo Fowler, and Samuel R. Wells; Wells became its leading editor during the 1870s. In its first issue, the journal explained that its purpose was support the theories underlying phrenology – a pseudoscientific and racist area of research correlating skull measurements to personality and intelligence – and to apply them. It was an eclectic periodical; in addition to its phrenological research, it acquired and published writing in the domains of medical science, physiognomy, and in some unrelated areas, such as education. (WP)

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Short description: The American Phrenological Journal was a periodical in the United States devoted to the racist pseudoscience phrenology, a collection of theories correlating skull features to personality and intelligence.