New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." (1889)
Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York : Fowler & Wells · leaf 288
rease of thesecretion of the juices whichnourish the hair, a part ofwhich is lost by evaporationfrom the stumps of the hairs.B i c h a t, the celebratedFrench physiologist, attri-butes the superior strengthof the ancients to the customof wearing the beard. WIGS. The oldest wigs in exist-ence are… … Fig. 385.- De Foe. 282 THE HAIR AND BEARD. In the early days of the Christian Church, the fathers, andespecially Tertullian, Clement of Alexandria, and St. Ambrose,protested against the use of wigs, condemning them in verystrong terms, but in vain; and not very long after, evenchurchmen began to…
Physiognomy · Phrenology
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