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Lectures on phrenology : including its application to the present and prospective condition of the United States (1839)

Combe, George, 1788-1858, Boardman, Andrew · New-York : Colman · leaf 117

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each of which is accompanied bya different degree of activity in the brain. The temperamentsare supposed to depend upon the condition of particular sys-tems ofthe body : the brain and nerves being predominantlyactive seem to produce the nervous temperament; the lungsand blood-vessels being… … EFFECTS OF TEMPERAMENT ON CEREBRAL ACTIVITY. 113 predominance of the glands and assimilating organs giverise to the lymphatic. The temperaments are indicated by external signs:* 1. The lymphatic is indicated by roundness of form, soft-ness of muscle, fair hair, pale skin, sleepy eyes, and…

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