A practical treatise on medical jurisprudence : with so much of anatomy, physiology, pathology, and the practice of medicine and surgery, as are essential to be known by members of Parliament, lawyers, coroners, magistrates, officers in the army and navy, . proportions of the facial angle, viz., the Europeon, 80° or 90°;the Chinese, 75°; the Negro, 70°; the ourang outang, 58°; and themonkey, 42°. (d) It has, however, been justly observed, that Camperwrote rather to depict characters of countenances, as belonging to differentnations, and even animals, than to connect those characters with any p
A practical treatise on medical jurisprudence : with so much of anatomy, physiology, pathology, and the practice of medicine and surgery, as are essential to be known by members of Parliament, lawyers, coroners, magistrates, officers in the army and navy, . proportions of the facial angle, viz., the Europeon, 80° or 90°;the Chinese, 75°; the Negro, 70°; the ourang outang, 58°; and themonkey, 42°. (d) It has, however, been justly observed, that Camperwrote rather to depict characters of countenances, as belonging to differentnations, and even animals, than to connect those characters with any par-ticular comparative mental qualification, though to a certain degree that maybe the effect of his system; (e) and in Bells Essays on the Anatomy andPhilosophy of Expression, some defects in Campers and Blumenbachssystems appear to be established, (f) The following sketches may assistin explanation. A B is the facial line ; B C is the horizontal hne ; andA B C is the angle formed by their intersection, or the facial angle. Inthis case the perpendicular line D E and the angle DEC being thereforea right angle, or angle of 90°, it is clear that the angle A B C is a littleless ; it is 80°, No. 2. European (Englishman). No. 1. Ancient
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