19th and 20th Century Psychiatry In Shocking Photos

Measure the mind by measuring the mind skull.

During the 19th century, scientists embarked on a practice which would be disregarded years to come.

Just as in determining criminality – They thought intelligence could also be determined by measuring the skull.
This image taken from German neuropsychiatrist Georg Konrad Rieger’s 1885 craniology textbook illustrates how to properly measure a skull.

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