How to read character : a new illustrated hand-book of phrenology and physiognomy, for students and examiners : with a descriptive chart.
- Samuel R. Wells
- Date:
- 1890, ©1868
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: How to read character : a new illustrated hand-book of phrenology and physiognomy, for students and examiners : with a descriptive chart. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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![make use of every means within your reach, for its improvement. Try to arouse yourself to combat your ailments. Pluck is as essential in meeting the attacks of disease as in opposing a human foe. A strong will has saved many a life. Courage and Hope —let that be youi motto. [34.] III.—THE VITAL TEMPERAMENT. (7.) Very Largely Developed.—This temperament is character ized by rotundity. You are plump, stout, full-chested, and fond of fresh air and the luxuries of life; but you like play better than hard work. In mental character there is a tendency to impulsiveness, en- thusiasm, A^ersatility, practicality^ and to take a matter-of-fact view of things. Your fondness for good living, jovial companj^ sports and amusements, render you liable to fall into habits of intemperance, against which you mu.st be continually on your guard. If you find yourself inclined to an uncomfortable obesity, your remedy must be irark, and a spare diet. Keep both body and mind actively engaged, and avoid indolence and the indulgences of the table as your greatest foes. By a rigid adherence to a low and moderate diet, and by vigor- fx;s- manual labor, you may greatly modify and improve your temperu- ment. [20.] (6.) Largely Developed.—You are well-proportioned, full-chested, and amply supplied with the oil of life. All your joints are thor- oughly lubricated, and your mental machinery works without fric- tion. You are likely to manifest a good degree of business talent, and to be not averse to doing your share of necessary' work, when there is profit in it. You have great need to exercise all your moral sense, caution, and will-power in avoiding and resisting the temptations to excess in eating, drinking, and indulging the propensities, which so easily beset you. Occasional fasting, rather X\\?i]i feasting, should be practiced. [20.] (5.) Full.—You possess a fair share of the vital element, and partake of the characteristics noted in (6) and (7) in a proportionate degree. You need to increase rather than diminish this element. Every sort of dissipation should be avoided, and regular hours, with plenty of sleep, secured. [20.] (4.) Average.—Your vitalit}^ is sufficient to give the functions of body and brain a fair share of energj^, and to sustain life and health if carefully husbanded; but you should seek to increase it by a diet and habits promotive of alimentation and nutrition. Alternate exer- cise and rest; sleep as much as nature seems to demand; seek recrea- tion ; take life more easy; eat plain but nutiilious food ; enjoy all of life ; laugh and grow fat. [20.] (3.) Weakly Dea^loped.—Your constitution is deficient in the vital element, and you are languid and inefficient in consequence. You](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21083824_0157.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
