Pseudoscientific Collection

Diagram of right hand used for palm reading showing multitude of information amongst palmar flexion creases

Graphology - the study of character through handwriting (chromolitho)
724810 Graphology - the study of character through handwriting (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Graphology - the study of character through handwriting)

Bottle which contained anti-hysteria water, from the Fonderia di Sua Altezza Reale, Officina Profumo
3658024 Bottle which contained anti-hysteria water, from the Fonderia di Sua Altezza Reale, Officina Profumo, Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella, Florence

Lisbon, MS 52-XIII-18 f. 1r, miniature representing the correspondences between the organs
LRI3725850 Lisbon, MS 52-XIII-18 f.1r, miniature representing the correspondences between the organs and the planets and the influence of the stars on the moods

Franz Gall, German physiologist
Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828), German physiologist. Gall believed that the brains shape was related to mental capacity and that different parts of the brain controlled specific parts of the human

A chart of the human head and shoulders. It shows phrenological, astrological, seasonal and emotional areas

Phrenology, satirical artwork
Phrenology. Satirical artwork showing animal-headed researchers measuring human skulls, one of which is labelled. The belief that variations in skull shape can be measured to deduce brain

Lavaters physiognomy, 19th century
Lavaters physiognomy. This posthumously published study by the Swiss poet Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741-1801) gives 20 labelled features on a womans face, explained using physiognomy

Soviet guns for dispersing hail clouds

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