By palpating the contours on a person's head, a phrenologist could supposedly detect the size of each of these areas in order to deduce whether a person had artistic leanings say or criminal tendencies.
通过触摸一个人头部的轮廓,据说颅
家可以检测出每个区域的大小,从而推断出一个人
否有艺术倾向或犯罪倾向。