Nature's revelations of character; or, physiognomy illustrated. A description of the mental, moral and volitive dispositions of mankind, as manifested in the human form and countenance (1879)
Simms, Joseph, 1833-1920 · New York, D.M. Bennett, Liberal and Scientific Publishing House · leaf 84
elled from the lungs andbreathed out through the trachea or wind-pipe. The pure THE THORACIC FORM. 55 arterial blood is pumped from the heart through the arteries,Hn<i circulated in the body by capillary tubes, where it againcontracts carbon, and returns through the veins to undergothe same… … and withal harmoniousactivity, through oursleeping as well aswaking hours, fromthe first hour of lifeon till the last; forthe commencement ofthese operations meanslife begun; the cessa-tion of them is lifeended in death. Thequantity of air takeninto the lungs is reck-oned as about 502cubic…
Physiognomy
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