To tell the character of a person by Phrenology requires the services of a trained expert, and the few indications we can give here can only serve to call the reader’s attention to the subject in a general way. The foregoing chart is generally used by phrenologists. The numbers specify the location of each organ, and the following is a description of the same.
These organs are on the head in the shape of protuberances or bumps, and can be felt with the fingers. In many cases there is nothing to indicate their existence, in other cases they are well developed.
The judgment of the phrenologist is determined by the size of the brain in general and by the size of the organs that have been formulated, and these are estimated by certain arbitrary rules that render the boundaries of the regions indefinite.
A study of the cuts and comparison of the sizes of different heads and their shape will prove very entertaining with most any group of persons intellectually inclined, and it will be found that persons that are naturally good readers by instinct of human nature, with its help, can make remarkable readings in the delineation of character.
THE SCIENCE OF PHYSIOGNOMY
Physiognomy is the science of reading character thru the features and the facial characteristics. Many persons have a peculiar effect upon us. We feel antipathetic toward them in spite of their friendliness. Others awaken our sympathy at once. This has been ascribed to an “Aura” or electric emanation that affects our own psychic being. It is easy for the practiced eye to read a person’s peculiar traits by a close examination of his face. This can be corroborated by a study of his habits and the way he dresses. While no definite rules can be laid down for all, the following indications will be found fairly correct and may be taken as a guide.