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The principles of phrenology (1838)

Smith, Sidney · Edinburgh : William Tait ; London : Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. ... · leaf 101

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aterally and horizontally, or in lengthupwards from the occipital bone. Narrowness of shape, even where there is con-siderable protrusion, must be deducted from the estimate of size. In general, theprincipal projection is just over the occipital bone; but it sometimes does not extendoutwards, until… … It is more considerably developed in the female head, both of the human speciesand of the lower animals, than in the male; in conformity with a fact of easy obser-vation, that women, and brutes of the female sex, are much more attached to theiryoung than the other gender. The female head has a…

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