Volume 1

A system of the anatomy of the human body. Illustrated by upwards of two hundred and fifty tables, taken partly from the most celebrated authors, and partly from nature / By Andrew Fyfe.

  • Fyfe, Andrew, 1754-1824.
Date:
1820
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A system of the anatomy of the human body. Illustrated by upwards of two hundred and fifty tables, taken partly from the most celebrated authors, and partly from nature / By Andrew Fyfe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE IX. This and the two following Tables represent a few of the Characteristic Differences in the Skulls of People of different Nations. The figures are only about a fourth part of the Size of those from which they are taken. FIG. l. Gives a Side View of the Cranium of the Mummyt, re¬ presented in Fig 5. of the former Table. It is re¬ markable not only for its length and narrowness, but for the strong impression made by the Temporal Muscle, and for the sharpness of the Arches of the Forehead and Occiput. The Cranium from which this Figure is taken is filled with Pitch. FIG. 2. Shews the Skull of another Egyptian Mummy. The Cranium is narrow and compressed at the sides, espe¬ cially towards the Vertex. The forehead is small, and elegantly arched; but the Face, from the root of the Nose to the point of the Chin, is elongated. FIG. 3. Represents the Skull of a Turk, which is singular for its spheroidal form. The Occiput is small, and the Foramen Magnum Occipitis is placed near the ex¬ tremity of the base of the Cranium. The Forehead is broad, the Glabella prominent; the Alveoli of the Upper Jaw are short, and the Nostrils narrow. FIG. 4. This Figure exhibits the Skull of a Hindoo. The Cra¬ nium is smaller, but the Face rather larger in propor¬ tion than in the European. The Os Frontis is ele¬ gantly arched, and uncommonly narrow. The Orbits are large, and the Anterior Nares small. The Facial line approaches to the perpendicular. F I G. 5. Is the Skull of a Lascar. Like that represented by the former Figure, the Cranium is smaller than in the European, but the Bones composing it are uncom¬ monly thick. The Ossa Nasi protrude more, and the Superior Maxilla is deeper from the Nose down¬ wards than that represented in the former Figure. FIG. 6. Shews the Cassan Tartar. This Cranium is considered by Blumenbach as an elegant one. Here the Fore¬ head is large and moderately arched; the Nasal Bones are well formed, descending in a proper direction from the Forehead. The Incisor Teeth of the Upper Jaw project considerably; and the Chin is somewhat pro¬ minent. The Occipital Spine is wanting.