How to read heads and faces / by James Coates.

  • Coates, James, 1843-1933.
Date:
[1937?]
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: How to read heads and faces / by James Coates. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    All of them portray shapes that are quite common and you could pick out examples of each during a day’s march. Now, it is a well-known fact that the shape of the head governs the shape of the brain, and it is equally well known that the brain is divided into a number of areas, each of which performs its own allotted functions. Therefore, it follows that if one particular area is small or cramped, the work of that area will not be carried on in a normal or average manner. Conversely, if one special area is over-developed, the work of that area will be indulged in to excess. From all this it is abundantly clear that if only we know the work allotted to each section of the brain, it will be a simple matter to glance at a man or a woman and, by noting the shape of the head, to tell his or her character straight away. Fortunately, we do know the work of each part of the brain. Phrenologists and doctors have examined thousands of heads and, by checking the shapes with the known characters of the indi¬ viduals, have prepared a chart which shows the functions of each little area.