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Essays on the anatomy and philosophy of expression (1893)

Bell, Charles, Sir, 1774-1842 · London : G. Bell · leaf 47

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31 AND BONES OF THE FACE. nose, we divide the face into two regions ; the lower occupied by the masticating apparatus of teeth, jaws, and their muscles. If this alone be enlarged, the effect is an encroachment on the nose and orbit, and the face loses all dignity and form. The eye is especially… … Aave large jaws, and comparatively small heads. In rickety deformity of the bones, the character of the face is exhibited, as in this sketch, by a defect in the size of the jaw-bones, which have yielded to the action of their muscles. The qualities of mind, evinced in expression, may redeem any…

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