IIRC, and I read about it last in '86 or so, it was generally about the shape but more specifically about the locations of various lumps and crannies on the head and how each (supposedly) corresponded to various psychological and emotional traits. --
KQ
the inventor of Phrenology, whose name escapes me right now, also believed very strongly that living in octagonal houses was best - he had a very Feng Shui style justification for it (MY favorite pseudo-science du jour, by the way). There are octagonal houses all over America built on phrenological principles about 1845-1865. --
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