Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 363
ent. The character of such headsas figs. 449 and 450 can not be mistaken.Idiocy alone is possible with cerebralconformations like these. The most obvious physiognomicaltraits of the natural idiot are a low, re-treating forehead, a receding chin, andprojecting jaws, which configurationgives an… … Fig. 452. SIGNS OF IDIOCY. 357 into a line approximating more or less closely to the horizon-tal (fig. 451). A lack of expression in the features, and awandering, vacant, meaninglessstare complete the picture. Figs. 452 and 453 represent casesof idiocy from hydrocephalus,, ordropsy of the head, in…
Physiognomy · Phrenology
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