A sketch of the economy of man.

Date:
1819
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A sketch of the economy of man. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2G7 OF EXPRESSION BY SIGNS AND BY SOUNDS. expression of the Eves and Face. A placid dis¬ position, sweetness of temper, humility, spright¬ liness, are no less expressed in the countenance than hastiness of temper, ill-nature, pride, and dejection. Penetration, sound Judgment, Re¬ flection, are marked in the countenance, and the want of these is not only negatively denoted by the absence of their corresponding Signs in the countenance, but there are also Signs in the countenance which express a feebleness of the Faculties as well as a want of the exercise of them. Intense Thought; Anger, Pride, pain¬ ful Sensations, are accompanied with a wrinkled state of the integuments of the fore-head. Hope, Joy, Doubt, Sadness, and Despair have each their corresponding Signs in the countenance. All these several Signs are strongly marked, and when seen are well understood, but to describe them minutely is impossible. Pallor of the countenance accompanies Fear, Sadness, and Suppressed Anger. Increased redness of the Face attends emotions of Shame and of Pleasure, as well as those of undisguised Anger.
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