On the adaptation of external nature to the physical condition of man principally with reference to the supply of his wants and the exercise of his intellectual faculties / By John Kidd.

  • Kidd, John, 1775-1851.
Date:
1834
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Credit: On the adaptation of external nature to the physical condition of man principally with reference to the supply of his wants and the exercise of his intellectual faculties / By John Kidd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. Page CHAP. I. Introduction 1 Sect. I. The Physical Condition of Man ib. II. The general Constitution of external Nature 4 CHAP. II. The Physical Character of Man 9 Sect. I. The Physical Character of Man, compared with that of other Animals ib. II. Differences in the Form of the Infant and of the Adult; particularly with reference to the Spine 12 III. Physical Superiority of Man, on what Prin- ciple to be estimated 18 IV. Early and gradual Developement of the in- tellectual Faculties of Man 22 CHAP. III. On the Powers of the human Hand, CONSIDERED AS A CORPOREAL ORGAN 28 CHAP. IV. On the Brain, considered as the Organ of the Intellectual Faculties 43 CHAP. V. The Nervous System of Animals in GENERAL 47 Sect. I. The Nervous System of the inferior Animals.. ib. II. The Nervous System of Man 53 III. Indications of natural Talent and Disposition deducible from the Structure of the Brain.... 59 IV. The general Doctrine of Physiognomy, as connected with the Form of the Body 67 V. The Developement of the Human Brain, com- pared with that of other Animals 73 VI. Cursory View of the Extent of Human Power over the Objects of the external World 76