THE BASES OF PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC PHYSIOGNOMY.
Definition; Lavater's work; Theory of Practical and Scientific Physi-
ognomy; What it teaches; How the discoveries were made;
General laws and principles. The human face the index of all
Nature; Three grand divisions-Chemical, Architectural, Mathe-
matical. Mineral forms. The physical basis of Mind,

CHAPTER II.

THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF FORM.

Rotatory motion the origin of Form; The movement of the earth has

a direct bearing on the form and destiny of created beings.

Relation between universal existence and mathematical law.

Number the proper index to the volume of Being; The human

countenance the index to these laws and principles. The law of

Scalenism, or perversion; Disease a temporary return to abnor

mal or perverted types; Straightness of the bones indicates

straightness of the mind. The normal factors of Form and

Being in Nature, Art, and Science,

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THE FIVE ORGAN SYSTEMS WHICH CREATE FORM AND CHARACTER.

All is symbolic in Nature; Form the decisive factor in the interpreta-
tion of character. The five different organ systems. Form,
character, and earliest appearance of cell life in the organiza-
tion of animal tissue; The structure of organized bodies,

THE VEGETATIVE SYSTEM,

Characterization of the vegetative adult; The organ systems in

the chemical or vegetative division; Faculties derived from the

development of these organs.

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THE THORACIC SYSTEM, .

Facial signs for the internal organs; Diseases which assail the

thoracic system.

Arrangement of the muscles; Voluntary and involuntary; The

varied expressions of the human face due to the muscles; The

mechanical and artistic principles included in the action of

the muscular system; Faculties that have signs located in the
muscular division; Diseases which assail the muscular system;
The dominant systems of man's organism control his capacities.

THE OSSEOUS OR BONY SYSTEM,

Classification of the bones; Firmness and integrity of character

depend upon the bones; Composition of the bony structure;

Kind of food necessary for good bones; Prominent men who

have excelled in morality, endurance, and heroism; Bony people

the best; Faculties derived from the bony system; Faculties

in the architectural division; Diseases incident to the bony

system; Remedy for an excessive development of bone. The

points of character which depend upon the several organ sys-

tems of the body.

THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM,

Size of the brain alone not a proof of great mental power;

Form and congenital quality the most potent factors; Texture

of the skin significant of mental quality; Physiology of the

brain and nerves; Diseases which assail this system.

CHAPTER IV.

THE SUB-BASIC PRINCIPLES OF PHYSIOG NOMY.

FORM AND SIZE; A large head no indication of superior intelligence;

The nose the best indication of power. Quality or mental power;

Fine hair and skin to be considered first. Form; Persons of

creative or constructive minds are round in form; The arch, the

curve, the circle, the ovoid, the square, and straight line; Each

illustrates different phases of character. Color; The mineral

the original source; Pure air the best cosmetic; Color and heat

synonymous,

THE LAW OF PROPORTION OR HARMONIOUS DEVELOPMENT, .

Proportion a potent factor in determining character; One or

more faculties excessively developed dominate and influence

the action of other faculties; Secretiveness; Cautiousness;

Acquisitiveness.

HEALTH,

The basis of all really useful character founded on health;

Organic perfection and morality; Precocious children; Sensi-

tive, nervous children; Drug medication; Pure air the best;

Compensation; The established laws of compensation.

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CHAPTER V.

RATIONALE OF PHYSICAL FUNCTIONS AND MENTAL FACULTIES, AND

THEIR SIGNS IN THE FACE.

The brain not the sole seat of the mind. Hope directly related to the
liver. The source of moral power.

THE KIDNEY SYSTEM, .

Faculties dependent upon it; Analysis of Conscientiousness;

Morality dependent on the action of the kidneys; Color-blind-

ness; Analysis of Firmness.

FACULTIES DERIVED FROM THE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS.

THE INTESTINAL SYSTEM,

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Digestion or Alimentiveness; Mental power of the nerves of the

digestive apparatus; Relation of the visceral organs to the brain.

Friendship; Its selfish and unselfish action; Its connection with

and dependence on other faculties: Analysis; The liver as a

clearing-house of the entire organism.

THE GLANDULAR SYSTEM,

Benevolence; Value of the lips as indicators of pathological and

morbid states of the body; Economy; The grade of intellectual

development shows the kind of economy; Hospitality; Love

of Home; Patriotism.

THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM, .

Amativeness, or love of the sexes; Its moral and physiological

importance should be taught; Love of Young; Mirthfulness;

Sanativeness; Pneumativeness.

THE LIVER,

Hope; Its dependence upon the liver.

THE NERVES OF THE SKIN,

Modesty; Analysis of the glandular system and olfactory gan-

glia; Cautiousness; The correlation of function with faculty.

THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM,

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Self-will; Credenciveness; Uses of this faculty. Calculation;

Music; All art is founded on a circle or sections of it;

Analysis of Music; Language; Shown by a high quality of the

muscular system; Musical qualities observed in language.

THE OSSEOUS AND NERVOUS SYSTEMS,

Observation.

THE MUSCULAR AND BRAIN SYSTEMS,

Memory of Events; A faculty of the five systems of functions;

A great memory only is no indication of intellect or wisdom;

Memory depends upon a healthy condition of the body;

Weight; A high development of the muscular system a power-

ful ally to art; Locality; Large in those whose muscular sys-

tem is supreme.

THE GLANDULAR AND ARTERIAL SYSTEMS,

Analysis of color.

THE BRAIN AND NERVE SYSTEM, .

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Mental order; Physical order. Intuition; A true and distinct

sense; Division of the nervous system into two parts; De-

scription of the powers and action of these two departments of

the brain system; Organs and functions from which the mental

faculties derive their powers.

THE FIVE SUPERIOR SYSTEMS,

Time; Lacking where the vegetative system predominates;

Time as well as Order one of the leading characteristics of the

bony system.

THE BRAIN SYSTEM,

Comparison; Causality; Reason; Development of reasoning

faculties among the masses; Children should be drilled in

logical reasoning.

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CHAPTER VI.

THEORIES OF THE MODE OF ACTION OF CERTAIN TRAITS.

Analysis of Amativeness; Should be judged by the adjoining facial

signs. Analysis of Jealousy; The result of one of three causes.

Analysis of Revenge. Analysis of Secretiveness; Intended by

Nature to conceal the lack of some other faculty. Theory of

Suspicion. Analysis of Anger, Will, and Temper; A dark man

has the strongest temper; Its effect on the system; Self-will

the basis of Anger and Temper; What true religion consists of.

Analysis of Selfishness; Two distinct and opposite methods of

action; Caused by an insufficient development of the glandular

system. Self-conceit; Egotism. Analysis of Scorn and Con-

tempt. Analysis of Enthusiasm; Faculty that leads to great

efforts. Analysis of Laziness; Obstinacy; Contrariness; Physi-

ognomy teaches that all defects can be remedied, to a large

extent,

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PART II.

PRACTICAL PHYSIOGNOMY.

CHAPTER I.

THE THREE NATURAL AND PRIMITIVE DIVISIONS OF THE FACE

CREATED BY THE MOUTH, THE NOSE, AND THE EYES.

The mouth; The centre of the most primitive system of function.

The nose; Represents the mental powers. The eyes; Repre-

sent the muscular development of the entire body. Facial

signs of the physiological organs and functions. Digestion, or

Alimentiveness. Location of the signs for the visceral organs.

Physiognomy properly a part of medical science. The glands.

The reproductive system. Lactation. The kidneys; Conscien-

tiousness dependent on this system. Method of localizing the

higher developments of the body; The lungs and heart; The

Liver; The stomach. The muscular or motive system; The eye;

Motion; Vision; Hearing. The osseous system; Denoted by

the bones of the eyebrow. The brain and nerve system; Train-

ing the feeble-minded and imbecile; The sense of touch, .

MENTAL SIGNS OF CHARACTER IN THE FACE,

Five practical subdivisions; The width and length of the face;

The nose high and broad the entire length a good sign; The

lower part of the forehead and eyebrows an important part to

consider; Great size of the forehead no criterion of mentality;

Local signs for the mental faculties; Summary to the five prac-

tical subdivisions of the face.

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LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION OF SIGNS OF CHARACTER IN THE FACE.

Fifty separate and distinct faculties described; The adaptability of

the human mind; Man does not possess a greater number of

mental faculties than woman; Gestures significant in disclos-

ing character; The face an exact register of all mental facul-

ties and bodily functions and conditions,

THE FACULTY OF CONSCIENTIOUSNESS,

Definition; An excess and deficiency of this faculty; Facial

and bodily signs; The color of the face an indication of the

general integrity of a person; Bodily signs of Conscientious-

ness; Description of Conscientiousness; Conscientiousness

large where the bony system predominates.

THE FACULTY OF FIRMNESS, .

Definition; What an excess or deficiency causes; Facial and

bodily signs; Description of Firmness; A receding chin an in-

dication of weakness; The signs for Firmness observed all over

the individual.

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