Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-03-15
practical PHRENOLOGY AND
FAKIRS.'
Editor Wheeling Register:

Editor Wheeling Register:
Sir:-Your issue OF yesterday con-
tans an article with the above caption
written by a confessed fakir, which,
while it can hardly be taken seriously
by well informed persons. is in danger
of misleading a great many who have
never Investigated the subject and who
may be led into the formation of an
adverse opinion of great and man
improving science. by the supercilious
sneers of a writer who admits himself
TO have formed his opinion OF a scienu-
fic subject, by contact with bad COM
pany and the superficial study Of
bumps" The article in question does
not admit of a dignified answer, as IL
does not attempt to state an argument.
But il does commit your paper 10 the
attitude of favoring sneering and ri
diculous criticism of the work in which
/ have been engaged in this city for
nearly two weeks and in justice to the
science of PhrenOlOgy | ask you 20
publish the following.
It is interesting to note that the only
argument brought against PhrenoIogy
by any of its opponents, is that phre-
biologists have made mistakes, and that
they disagree as to their conclusions.
This i'm the Judgment Of our critics.
condemns the whole science as fraud,
and all practitioners of it as "fakirs"
The same rule applied 10 physicians or
LAWYERS would work disastrous effects.
I do not know any reputable phrenolo-
gist who claims to be infallible in judg-
ment. All that we claim is that clear.
bright intellects. trained by long years
of experience and observation, are ca
pable of reaching valuable conclusions
as to the indication Of character dis
PLAYED in the formation of human or
eanization. That difference in form
does indicate a difference in character
is self evident fact, and the classified
brain oscillations of Phrenology have
been proved by so many experiments
and cases that it is no longer a sub
iect of dispute. Only those who are ig-
norant of the latest discoveries in cere-
bral lOcalization. attempt longer 10 dis
pute the value of the great services Of
Gall and SpurZheim. who discovered
and classified the mental faculties near
~ one hundred years ago, and every
discovery of later years has but
strengthened and proved their conclu-
sions 10 be correct. The world does not
contain a head which proves the con
trary. and I will cheersully pay one
hundred dollars 10 any reader Of the
Register. who will bring me the skull
of any man or animal which will show
a development which refuies the truth
of Phrenology. | do not claim that the
phrenologist will always read the char
acter correctly. but I do claim that the
facts will support the science. and 1T is
as absurd TO cite the mistakes of phre-
biologists of the last generation, against
the science as il would be 10 cite the
mistakes of country doctor, which
may have populated the local cemetery,
against the practice of medicine and
surgery by the advanced representa-
tives of those sciences.
Against the bad grammar and worse
logic of your correspondent. ! desire 10
place the following opinions Of some of
the worlds greatest minds.
Horace Mann. the greatest OF Amer
lean educators. left the following testi-
monial: 81 look upon Phrenology as
the Guide 10 Philosophy. and the hand
maid of Christianity Whoever dissem-
mates true Phrenology is a public ben
efactor.
Henry Ward Beecher. the greatest Of
American orators said; Without