The biography and phrenological character of Deacon John Phillips : with the addresses, poem, and original hymns, of the celebration of his C birth-day.

Date:
1860
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Credit: The biography and phrenological character of Deacon John Phillips : with the addresses, poem, and original hymns, of the celebration of his C birth-day. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PHRENOLOGICAL CHARACTER. BY NELSON SIZER The portrait of this aged man furnishes an interesting study. — Fie has lived a hundred years, and the reader will be curious to know the conditions which combine to produce this extraordinary result. According to the biography, he has been remarkably uni- form in his habits: has lived always on the same farm; has rarely been away from it; has lived on a plain diet, taken a sufficient amount of sleep, and been uniformly and steadily industrious and temperate. According to the shape of his head, we infer that his passions have not been of that controlling, energetic character cal- culated to wear out and enervate the physical system. He is a man of large frame, measuring sis feet in height, and in his prime weighing over two hundred pounds. He has what we call the billious or motive temperament in predominance. That large nose, those prominent cheek bones, that very broad and long chin, that prominent brow, and great length of head from chin to crown, all indicate uncommon power of frame. He is rather coarsely made, which indicates the tough, enduring, hardy qualities of constitution; the bones and muscles seem to predominate over the vascular system. That large chin is a sign of a strong, steady circulation. Men with such a chin rarely if ever are known to have heart disease, or to die of apoplexy; while a small, light, short, delicate, diminutive chin is an indication of unsteady circu- lation, and liability to fevers and inflammatory complaints, and to heart disease and apoplexy. That prominence to the brow, and fullness of the center of the forehead, evince a quick, practical judgment, power of observation, ability to gain knowledge, espe- ially of things, and memory of events and experiences. He has always been fond of reading, and disposed to narrate his experience and the circumstances which have rendered his life interesting.— His Language appears to be full, his reasoning powers fair, his Benevolence rather large, his Veneration large, while Firmness is most enormously developed. That particular height in the center of the back part of the top of the head, shows the location and great development of Firmness. He must have been a man of ro-