Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 153
xd Eyebrow.— Theforehead, Sir Charles Bell says, ismore than any other part character-istic of the human countenance. Itis the seat of thought, a tablet whereevery emotion is distinctly impress-ed ; and the eyebrow is the movabletype for this fair page. Pliny says:Irons hominis tristitice,… … Fig. 1GG.Muscles of the Eyebrow. MUSCLES OP THE EYE, 14.7 1. The Occipito Frontalis (fig. 160, A) arises in a web offibers from the back of the skull, descends over the forehead,and is inserted into the eyebrow, wheie it mingles its fiberswith those of the orbicularis palpebrarum. Its action is…
Physiognomy · Phrenology
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