Nature's revelations of character; or, physiognomy illustratedA description of the mental, moral and volitive dispositions of mankind, as manifested in the human form and countenance . Excellent powers of Digestion. DavidHume, who could partake of ahearty meal and apply himself tostudy immediately after, withoutthe least Feeble of Digestion. GustavusIII., whose happiness waspoisoned by dyspepsia DEPARTMENTS OF THE HUMAN BODY. 297 taking the longest circumference of its opening. Theturkey and hog have remarkable digestive power. Chickens grind up pieces of bone, lime, glass, &c.
Nature's revelations of character; or, physiognomy illustratedA description of the mental, moral and volitive dispositions of mankind, as manifested in the human form and countenance . Excellent powers of Digestion. DavidHume, who could partake of ahearty meal and apply himself tostudy immediately after, withoutthe least Feeble of Digestion. GustavusIII., whose happiness waspoisoned by dyspepsia DEPARTMENTS OF THE HUMAN BODY. 297 taking the longest circumference of its opening. Theturkey and hog have remarkable digestive power. Chickens grind up pieces of bone, lime, glass, &c., with-out inconvenience. The whale is another animal of wonderful digestivepower, and we shall find wherever this width and depthof mouth exists, in animals or men, that strength ofdigestive apparatus invariably follows. Observe a man with large mouth, full cheeks oppositethe mouth, long deep heavy chin, and wide from the chinto the mouth, and we readily discover evidences of superiordigestion, and a strong or good stomach. A good Digestion. Vitellius, A sensuous gourmand Emperor of Rome. All men who shew these peculiarities of build, possessthe disposition of the animal that has the same conditionof body. The low monads or polypi have each largemouths, with full surroundings to the mouth, and they 298 THE CONNECTION BETWEE
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