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 (1887)
Simms, Joseph, 1833-1920 · New York, Murray Hill Publishing Company · leaf 85
isco, New York, andother localities situated but little above sea level, should beavoided by persons of contracted chests. We are informed by Audubon, Wilson, and other Orni-thologists, that birds vrhich habitually fly high havelarger air-vessels than those which remain in lower air.The wild… … The Thoracic Form Small. THE THORACIC FORM. 57 Likewise the bears of mountainous countries have lung-power very superior to that of the same class of animalsliving in the valleys. Even fish in mountain streamsand lakes are found to have larger air-vessels than thoseswimming in the sluggish waters…
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