Woman physiologically considered as to mind, morals, marriage, matrimonial slavery, infidelity and divorce / By Alexander Walker.

  • Alexander Walker
Date:
1839
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Credit: Woman physiologically considered as to mind, morals, marriage, matrimonial slavery, infidelity and divorce / By Alexander Walker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the other ear, the male no longer exceeds the female, as in all the other dimensions—the female absolutely equals him, and is, therefore, in that dimension, proportionally larger—in both the measure is 8 inches. Hence the observing facul- ties of the female, like her organs of sense, are proportionally greater than those of the male. IV. In the heads of twins, male and female, of five years of age, the children of James Mackintosh, who, with great liberality and intelligence, per- mitted their examination, I found the following dimensions : -~ In the male, John— 1. Over eyebrows and back head—2] inches. 2. From glabella to spine of occiput —14 inches and 3. 3. From before one ear to before the other— 12 inches and #. In the female, Martha— 1. Over eyebrows and back head—20 inches and #. 3 2. From glabella to spine of occiput—14 inches and #. 3. From before one ear to before the other— 12 inches and 1, Here the difference between twins of different sex is the less because both children have the same parts from the same parent—the forehead BO
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