Man and woman : a study of human secondary sexual characters / by Havelock Ellis.

  • Havelock Ellis
Date:
1894
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Man and woman : a study of human secondary sexual characters / by Havelock Ellis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    PAGE Sexual Differences in the Growth and Proportions of the Body —The Abdomen—The Breasts—The Chest—The Arm—The Hand—The Index Finger—The Leg—The Foot—The Future of the Little Toe—General Conclusions. CHAPTER IV. The Pelvis - - - - - - - 53 The most prominent Secondary Sexual Character—Construction of the Pelvis—The Pelvis in Childhood—The Pelvis in Rela- tion to the Spinal Column—The Influence of the Erect Posture in Man and Woman—Pelvic Inclination—The Saddle- Back—The Evolution of the Human Spinal Column—Dis- advantages of the Erect Posture—Women leading Evolution in respect to the Pelvis—The Evolution of the Pelvis in relation to the Evolution of Sexual Emotion. CHAPTER V. The Head - - - - - - - 69 The Skull—In the Infant—Chief Cause of Sexual Differences in Skull—Early Opinions—The three chief Sexual Differences in Skull—Minor Differences—The Cephalic Index—The Face —Sexual Differences in Facial Development—The Eye—The Facial Angle—The Lower Jaw—The Teeth—Cranial Capacity —Sexual Differences in Frontal, Parietal, and Occipital Regions of Skull—Man’s Skull approaches the Senile, Woman’s the Infantile Type. The Brain—Differences in Brain-Weight—Among the Insane— The Standards of Brain-Weight—Height and Weight— Fallacies—Women’s Brains proportionately larger than Men’s —Advantages and Disadvantages of a Large Brain—Sexual Differences in the Evolution of the Brain—Sexual Differences in the Frontal, Parietal, and Occipital Regions of Brain— Blood-Supply of Brain—The Cerebellum and other Centres below the Cerebrum—Definite Results of Study of Sexual Differences in the Brain at present small. CHAPTER VI. The Senses - - - - - - - 115 Touch—Lombroso’s Results, showing Greater Obtuseness of Women—^Jastrow’s, showing Greater Obtuseness of Men—
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