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Essays on the anatomy and philosophy of expression (1893)

Bell, Charles, Sir, 1774-1842 · London : G. Bell · leaf 42

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26 PROPORTIONS OF THE HEAD AND FACE. declared the face of an ourang-outang ; and so, down to the dog. To a certain extent, this ingenious mode will be found useful. Had the Count Caylus been guided by it in his great work on Antiquities, his figures, in many instances, would have been better drawn.… … even in respect to the state of the human brain, this line does not fully answer the purpose. In the skulls of certain nations the depression of the forehead is so great, that the line drawn from the alveolar processes to the frontal sinus, does not even touch the frontal bone. Camper's position is…

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