Physiognomy illustrated ; or, Nature's revelations of character : a description of the mental, moral, and volitive dispositions of mankind, as manifested in the human form and countenance (1891)
Simms, Joseph, 1833-1920 · New York : Murray Hill publishing company · leaf 81
Dr. J. F. Blumenbacit, a celebrated German anatomist, physiolo-gist, and anthropologist, filled the chairs of anatomy and medicine at Got-tm-en more than half a century. He first divided the human species intofive races. This is a superlatively scientific and pure face. … THE THORACIC FORM. The thorax or chest is the highest of the two great divisionsof the trunk in the human body, being situated betweenthe neck and the abdomen, from which it is separated bythe large muscular partition called the diaphragm. Thechest is protected from external injury by the back…
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