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| | Franz Joseph Gall (www.whonamedit.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Gall's lectures on cranioscopy became very popular, and it was his followers who gave his doctrine the name "phrenology". |
 | | Gall preferred the term "cranioscopy" to describe such an analysis; Spurzheim and others were primarily responsible for the more popular use of the word "phrenology" to denote this approach. |
 | | Gall's extensive case records from insane asylums, prisons, schools, and public life were supplemented by large collections of craniums, skull- and brain casts, including those of well-known writers, philosophers and artists, to serve as a basis for correlation and corroboration of his theories. |
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