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.) Moderate.—You liave no great natural capacity for character- reading, and often form incorrect estimates of people, but with study and practice may do tolerably well. Cultivate. [118.] (2.) Small.—You are a poor judge of character and are easily imposed upon—do not know how to take people. CiUtivaie. [118.] (1.) Very Small.—You have little or no appreciation of humaa nature. Cultivate. [118.] LIV.—AGEEEABLENESS. ' (7.) Very Large.—You are remarkably bland, winning, and per- BLiasive; very conciliator}'^; and generally please everybod}^ Are more like a Frenchman than an Englishman. [118.] (6.) Large.—You have an agreeable and fascinating manner, and a way of saying and doing even disagreeable things at which no one can take offense, and which makes everj'^thing you say and do acceptable. You are conciUatory and persuasive, and are almost universally liked. Are all things to all'men. [118.] (5.) Full.—You are pleasing and bland in your manners, and, with large Ideality, polite and agreeable; but when angry, may make use of blunt and sharp expressions. Cultivate. [119.] (4.) Average.—You are generally pleasant in conversation and manners, but may when excited become very brusque and repulsive. Are more like an Englishman than a Frenchman. Cultivate. [119.] (3.) Moderate.—You are rather deficient in Agreeableness, and have little ability to smooth over your words or actions. Cultivate. [119.] (2.) Small.—You have an unpleasant way of saying even pleasant things, and often quite unnecessarily provoke the ill-will of those around you. Cultivate. [119.]' (1.) Very Small.—You manifest no desire or ability to please. Cultivate. [119.] KoTE.—The literature of Phrenology is not very voluminous. Some of the most important works are the following: Sur les Fonctions du Cerveau par Dr. Gall, 6 vols., Paris, 1825 (price, $125); Gall's Complete Works (in English), 6 vols. ($15); Spurzheim's Phrenology, 2 vols.; Cours de Phrenologie par Dr. Broussais; Traitc de Phreno- logie Humain et Comparee, 2 vols, 4°, avec Atlas in f« de 120 Planches, par Dr. Yimont; Combe's Lectures on Phrenology; Combe's Constitu- tion of Man ; Phrenology Proved, Illustrated, and Applied ; and Board- man's Defence of Phrenolog}^. On Physiognomy: Lavater's great work. Essays on Physiognomy (various editions), and New Physiogno- my, by S. R. Wells, are the only books of much value now accessible.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21083824_0197.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
