The hand phrenologically considered: being a glimpse at the relation of the mind with the organisation of the body (1748)
London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 84
tely-organised nervous system. The ner-vous ramifications distributed to the surfaceof the body being covered only by a thinlayer of cuticle or scarf-skin, are easily ex-cited by impressions from without, and asreadily transmit their excitement to the cen-tral organs, thus occasioning a prompt… … The SerisitiYe Rand. FORM OF HANDS. J3 It has for its object the worship of materialbeauty, is disposed to view things througha romantic medium, is fond of leisure, ofliberty, and of change; is at once bold andtimid, humble and vain, exalted and de-pressed, enthusiastic and desponding. Thecharms of…
Hand · Phrenology
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