Physiognomy founded on physiology, and applied to various countries, professions, and individuals; (1834)
Walker, Alexander, physiologist. [from old catalog] · London, Smith, Elder and co. · leaf 93
intimate rela-tion between the external face and the osseousstructure on which it is formed. From examining, therefore, the crania of differ-ent nations, much additional light is thrown onthe study of the varieties of the human race, be-cause they exhibit the firm and stable foundationof the head… … OF THE HUMAN SPECIES. 71 different nations, according to Blumenbach, are,like those of national countenance, reducible to fiveprincipal varieties. In distinguishing the characters of different cra-nia, such a view is preferred as offers, at one glance,the most numerous and important points, and…
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