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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    Fig. 13—It might be thought that no person ever had a head of this shape. As a matter of fact, it is an exact reproduction of the face of a person whose name is a household word. The shape reveals much obstinacy and any owner of such a face would manifestly be a difficult person to live with or do business with. Still, we must admit that if he gave his word, he would keep it. Fig. 14 is the face of a person of limited out¬ look. He leads a narrow existence and views life through smoke-coloured glasses. He has very little physical courage and on the subject of money and finance, he is a babe. Fig. 15 is, in some ways, the reverse of the previous example. He is a jolly sort of person, always laughing and cracking jokes, but he is not over-refined. He likes to be comfortable and he is an adept at seeing he is comfortable. Fig. 16 is the head of a ponderous person. He is slow in movement and speech; often he is equally so in comprehension. There is but little originality in what he thinks and what he does, and there are fears that he lacks culture. Of course, this diagnosis is directed to the individual whose bone-formation accords with the diagram