Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 242
d contracts,gathering up theskin about the eye,and at the sametime compressingthe eyeball. Thephysiological rea-son for this is, thatduring every violent act of expiration, whether in hearty laugh-ter, sneezing, coughing, or weeping, there is apparently a ret-rograde impulse imparted to the blood… … Fie:. ?41.—Laugetek. 236 ABOUT THE EYES. delicate textures might be irreparably injured. Fig. 341 showsthe appearance of the eyelids and contiguous parts in a personconvulsed with laughter. Anions the noticeable traits exhib-ited are several furrows or wrinkles running outward and down-ward from…
Physiognomy · Phrenology
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