On the functions of the colouring matter of the skin in the dark races of mankind / by Robert Mortimer Glover.
- Robert Mortimer Glover
- Date:
- [1840?]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: On the functions of the colouring matter of the skin in the dark races of mankind / by Robert Mortimer Glover. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.
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![j i 8 On the Skin in the Dark Paces of Mankind. ^ during the day, presented only silent woods without the least \ trace of man, at night was lighted up with immense fires, while j the woods resounded with the sounds of festivity. In a cli- i mate where, during the day, vegetation appears burnt up, the i earth is cracked by the heat, and all living creatures languish ; : but where at night breezes refresh the air, and cheer exhausted j nature, plants run with dew, and animals leave their haunts, ] man also, fitted by the structure of his skin to throw off heat, issues forth animated by the irresistible propensity to exercise which is always given by the bracing air of colder climates. t](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21470054_0010.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
