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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![(3) and (2.) Moderate ok Weak.—You are predisposed to dys- pepsia ; often have a poor appetite; suffer from indigestion, and, as a result, are apt to be irritable, peevish, dispirited, and gloomy. The improvement of your digestive function should be your first object and study. Eat plain and easily digested but nutritious food; let the quantit}^ be moderate ; masticate thoroughly; talk, laugh, and enjoy at your meals, or at least try to be in a cheerful, thankful, happy mood; avoid a hurried feeling or an anxious state of mind; take plenty of exercise in the open air; have your rooms v^ell ventilated; practice full, deep breathing and other chest-expanding exercises, as indirect but important helps to the stomach; and observe strictl}^ all the laws of health. Correct this dyspeptic tendency by recreation rather than by stimulation. [36.] YII.—THE MOTIVE TEMPERAMENT. (7.) Very Strongly Developed.—The bony frame-work of your structure is strongly marked, and encased with only muscle enough to bind all firmly together; but what flesh you have is dense, tough, compact, and wiry. There is a tendency to angularity in your con- figuration. You love active, muscular work, and are endowed with great physical power and capacity for severe and prolonged exertion of both body and mind. In character you are energetic, eflicient, de- termined, and persistent. You are adapted to active life, and to such enterprises as will give your energy, steadfastness, and perseverance fall and free'scop^. See also (6.) [18.] (6.) Strong.—Your configuration and character are like those de- scribed in (7), in a somewhat lower degree. You have strong feelings and passions, but are also endowed with a powerful will and strong common sense with which to hold them in check. The restraining and regulating powers of the mind—Firmness, Self-Esteem, Conscien- tiousness, and Cautiousness—must be kept in constant activity to keep your strong propensities within their proper sphere, for when they are bad, persons of your constitution are often mi-y bad. You are capable of great things, but need strong self-government and restraint. [18.] (5.) Full.—You have a good share of motive power, and are vigor- ous, determined, and efficient. You are not afraid of work, or, for that matter, of anything else. Your tastes and abilities fit you for active :ife. See (6) and (7.) [18.] (4.) Average.—You are not deficient in motive power, but can not endure a long-continued strain upon either muscle or brain. You can work hard, but are not particularly fond of severe labor, preferring light or sedentary employments, and should cultivate muscular power and love of activity by such recreations and exercises as tend to de- velop bone and sinew. [18.] (3.) MopERATELY Devei^oped--You ars deficient in the motiy^.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21083824_0160.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
