Paragraf Test-20 Soru=20

It can be inferred from the passage that, before the 1800s, palmistry ………….. .

Palmistry, also called chiromancy or
chirognomy, attempts to diagnose disease,
reveal character, and foretell the future by
reading the lines and convolutions on the
palm of the hand. The familiar form of
palmistry is a Greek system, probably based
on an older Indian tradition. After going in
and out of fashion in Europe for several
hundred years, palmistry underwent a
revival in the 19th century, largely through
the writings of Casimlr d'Arpentigny,
William Benham and Louis Harmon.
Although there is no scientific proof for the
contention that the physical features
observed by palmists have psychic or
predictive meaning, the human hand does
show evidence of the person's health,
cleanliness, occupation and nervous habits.
Since various palmists use different systems
for reading and analysing palm lines,
different readings for the same hand are
possible.