Phrenology Examined is a book written by Pierre Flourens and first published in 1846. The book is a critical analysis of phrenology, a pseudoscientific theory that claimed to be able to determine a person's character and mental abilities based on the shape and size of their skull. Flourens, a French physiologist and neuroscientist, was a leading critic of phrenology and sought to expose its flaws and inconsistencies.In the book, Flourens presents...