These Weird Historical Trends Probably Wouldn't Catch On Today

Phrenology

During the 1800s, phrenology was the talk of the medical field. This now-defunct pseudoscience sought to prove that the personality traits of a person were determined by specific parts of the brain. It asserted that doctors or scientists could determine someone's strengths, weaknesses, vices, and more all based on how big different parts of your brain were.

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