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Though initially developed by physicians, phrenology was taken up by certain non-medical practitioners who applied the theory to social questions such as education and criminal reform.
As a convict Thomas Bock was required to sketch executed murders for science; as a free man, fashionable society portraits.
As a convict Thomas Bock was required to sketch executed murders for science; as a free man, fashionable society portraits.
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