phrenology
121The Roots (группа) — У этого термина существуют и другие значения, см. Roots. The Roots …
122Spurzheim — Spurzheim, Kaspar, geb. 31. Decbr. 1776 in Longwich bei Trier; studirte Anfangs Theologie, seit 1799 aber Medicin in Wien u. begann mit Gall seine kraniologischen Untersuchungen, begleitete diesen seit 1804 als Assistent auf seinen Reisen,… …
123Combe [2] — Combe (spr. Kohm), 1) Charles, geb. 1743 in London, war Apotheker u. Arzt, zuletzt Accoucheur in Glasgow u. st. 1817. Er beschäftigte sich bes. mit Numismatik u. schr.: Index numorum omnium imperatorum rom. (von Cäsar bis Postumus), Lond. 1793;… …
124motivation — motivational, adj. motivative, adj. /moh teuh vay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or an instance of motivating. 2. the state or condition of being motivated. 3. something that motivates; inducement; incentive. [1870 75; MOTIVE + ATION] * * * Factors… …
125Fowler, Lydia Folger — ▪ American physician, writer and educator née Lydia Folger born May 5, 1822, Nantucket, Mass., U.S. died Jan. 26, 1879, London, Eng. physician, writer, and reformer, one of the first American women to hold a medical degree and to become a …
126cranioscopy — noun a) The study of the shape, size, and other features of the human skull. In the first part of my Atlas on Cranioscopy, which appeared in Leipzig in 1843, I remarked that in the skull of a Greenlander, which I sketched, it was singular, that… …
127Craniology — The study of variations in size, shape, and proportion of the skull (cranium). Also known as phrenology, it was a pseudoscience of the 18th and 19th centuries based on the belief that a person s character could be learned by looking with care at… …
128Palmistry — Chirology redirects here. For other uses, see Fingerspelling. The Fortune Teller, by Caravaggio (1594–95; Canvas; Louvre), depicting a palm reading Palmistry or chiromancy (also spelled cheiromancy, Greek kheir (χεῖρ, ός), “hand”; manteia… …
