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Elements of phrenology (1850)

Combe, George, 1788-1858 · Edinburgh : Maclachlan, Stewart · leaf 188

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in ;such as the mastoid pro-cesses, immediately behindthe lowest part of the ear;the spinous process of theocciput, below Philopro-genitiveness; the zygomaticprocesses, extending fromthe cheek-bones to thetemples ; and the ridge in the middle line of the coronalsurface of the skull, covering the… … MEASUREMENTS. 183 the medulla oblongata, or projection above the planesmentioned on pp. 30 and 31 ; neither do they indicatebreadth ; all of which dimensions must be attended toin estimating the size of individual organs. The ave-rage of these twenty heads is probably higher than thatof the natives…

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