Digital Projects
Enlightenment Vernacular Geographies
- Robert Townson's Hungary, 1797 (work in progress)
- More maps coming soon...
The Pox Hunter: A Digital Strategy Game for the History of Medicine
Pox and the City: Edinburgh
Digital Burke and Hare
Phrenology in Philadelphia, 1820-1840: Prison Reform and the Criminal Mind
Mouse over the crania to see the phrenological organ associated with each region of the brain. Note that the Propensities are at the back and sides, the Sentiments at the top, and the Perceptive and Reflective qualities at the front.
Source: Robert Macnish, An Introduction to Phrenology (Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1836).