Abstract
Bernard Hollander (1864–1934), a Viennese-born British physician, scientist, and author, was best known for his late 19th century and early 20th century revival of a ‘Scientific Phrenology’. Hollander, motivated by the advances in cerebral localisation and neuroscience that appeared to justify Franz Joseph Gall’s (1758–1828) initial interests in craniology, hoped to use this new framework to substantively improve the lot of his patients and his community. Ridiculed and derided by his colleagues while maintaining a measure of public prominence, Hollander discussed contemporary issues including notions of human nature, mental illness, education, development, women’s rights, and sociobiology. The current work focuses on Hollander, his writings, and his reception by the contemporary medical and lay community.
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