Identifier: plainhometalkabo00foot (find matches)
Title: Plain home talk about the human system--the habits of men and women--the cause and prevention of disease--our sexual relations and social natures
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Foote. Edward B(liss), 1829-1906. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Medicine, Popular Marriage
Publisher: New York : Murray Hill publishing company (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ed by firm fleshand strong and full pulse, a forehead thatrecedes and contracts latterly as it rises; thenose is generally above the average in size, andhas the Roman form in well-defined repre-sentatives, but in the females the nose hasthe Grecian form, the lips close beautifully,the upper being the more prominent. Thisclass, continues Dr. Powell, has, in everyhistoric age of our species, furnished the ^most admired models of the human form, andlam much inclined to the opinion that humanperfection, in all of its aspects, is more nearlyachieved in this than in any other class. This writer puts forward General Wash-ington and the Hon. Edward Everett asexcellent representatives of this tempera-ment. The illustrations herein given aredrawn from the imagination, to present tothe mind, as fully as possible, marked repre-sentatives of the temperaments so far as thefacial and cranial conformation can be madeto indicate them. In the annexed cut, Fig.174, we have, at the top a profile view, in
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8ANGUINB TEMPEBAMEKT. 808 ADAPTATION IN MARRIAGE. the centre a front view, and at the bottom a three-quarters view of th©head of a female of the sanguine temperament. The bilious temperament is distinguished by a harshly-defined out-line of the person and features. The muscular system is dense orfirm, and capable of highly active movements. The bony system is com-paratively largely developed. The hair is black, coarse, and often curly.The eyes are a dark brown, and the complexion is dark and sallow. Thehead is of average size, and is developed obliquely, upwardly, aod back-wardly, so that the occipital and frontal bones are considerably parallel.The forehead, as with the sanguine, recedes, and contracts laterally as it risesThe nose is usually above medium size, and, in strongly-marked represent-Fig. 175. atives, it is aquiline or Roman in form, but sometimes it has the Grecian form; in fe-males, this is its usual form. A largeaquiline or Roman nose is a highly masculinefeature, and

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