PHRENOLOGY

n : The science of picking the pocket through the scalp. It consists in locating and exploiting the organ that one is a dupe with. PHYSICIAN, n. One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well. PHYSIOGNOMY, n. The art of determining the character of another by the resemblances and differences between his face and our own, which is the standard of excellence. “There is no art,” says Shakspeare, foolish man, “To read the mind’s construction in the face.” The physiognomists his portrait scan, And say: “How little wisdom here we trace! He knew his face disclosed his mind and heart, So, in his own defence, denied our art.” Lavatar Shunk. 256