If you concentrate carefully on the scribble you can see a face in it. Clever! If it was one of the first things you noticed then well done to you. Us slower folk are right behind you.
This book cover is pretty interesting to me because it looks old and full of old-world thinking. In other words, it looks like a funny time.
Anyone else thinking Phrenology? Haha.
Phrenology is known as a pseudoscience focused on the actual measurements of the human skull. It bases its findings on the concept that the brain has certain areas that create and control specific functions. Or something like that. Now - although its not too far fetched from the truth just yet - it's theory and practice both depart from science in a big way. The next time you suggest someone gets their head checked, just remember this was literally done in the 19th century. Phrenology suggests that the functions of your body controlled by specific parts of your head were ascertained by measuring the bumps and indentations in your skull.
Franz Josef Gall, the "inventor" of phrenology was correct in suggesting the brain function was localised, but unfortunately, he got everything else wrong.
Depending on when this book was published - we may have another fraud on our hands.
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