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{"id":1953,"date":"2014-01-29T11:00:16","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=1953"},"modified":"2021-07-23T10:33:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T14:33:02","slug":"how-to-read-personal-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/01\/29\/how-to-read-personal-character\/","title":{"rendered":"How To…Read Personal Character"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Michael Sappol<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Human Faces, What They Mean! How to Read Personal Character, 1872<\/h3>\n<p>If you live in the 19th century, as I do, and want to know how to read people like a book, then read this book. Which is on \u201cPhysiognomy\u201d\u2014 \u201cthe art, or science, by which the characteristics of the mind are discovered in the general configuration of the body, and particularly in the features of the face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You will first encounter \u201cForms of the Human Body\u201d, the \u201cAbdominal Form\u201d, \u201cMuscular or Fibrous Form\u201d, \u201cThoracic Form\u201d, \u201cOsseous or Bony Form\u201d, \u201cBrain and Nerve Form\u201d, and go through the major organs of the body, the color and texture of the body, the healthiness of the body and the relative \u201cactivity of the mind.\u201d Don\u2019t worry if you\u2019re confused, there are lots of illustrations to show what the author is talking about.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":1,"permalink":"https:\\\/\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/29\\\/how-to-read-personal-character\\\/","likes_blog_id":"52242398"}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 423px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"423\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 568px; height: 423px;\" data-original-width=\"568\" data-original-height=\"423\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/01\/29\/how-to-read-personal-character\/abdominal-form-large\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"564\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"419\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3198\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/abdominal-form-large.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"792,589\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"“Abdominal Form large”\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/abdominal-form-large.jpg?fit=300%2C223&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/abdominal-form-large.jpg?fit=792%2C589&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/abdominal-form-large.jpg?w=564&h=419&ssl=1\" width=\"564\" height=\"419\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"564\" data-original-height=\"419\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\""Abdominal Form large"\" alt=\"Engraving of a hippopotamus eating by a pool.\" style=\"width: 564px; height: 419px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Abdominal Form large: Hippopotamus, taken from life in the Zoological Gardens in London, England. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 272px; height: 423px;\" data-original-width=\"272\" data-original-height=\"423\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/01\/29\/how-to-read-personal-character\/abdominal-form\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"268\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"419\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3197\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/abdominal-form.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"888,1388\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"\u201cAbdominal Form”\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/abdominal-form.jpg?fit=192%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/abdominal-form.jpg?fit=655%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/abdominal-form.jpg?w=268&h=419&ssl=1\" width=\"268\" height=\"419\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"268\" data-original-height=\"419\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\u201cAbdominal Form"\" alt=\"A short round man with a protruding stomach next to a very tall lean man.\" style=\"width: 268px; height: 419px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Abdominal Form large and small: Nathan Meyer Rothschild, the money potentate of the world and Nicholas Paganini, the wizard of the bow. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 179px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"179\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 179px;\" data-original-width=\"188\" data-original-height=\"179\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/01\/29\/how-to-read-personal-character\/muscular-or-fibrous-form\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"184\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"175\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3200\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscular-or-fibrous-form.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"884,840\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"\u201cMuscular or Fibrous Form\u201d\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscular-or-fibrous-form.jpg?fit=300%2C285&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscular-or-fibrous-form.jpg?fit=840%2C798&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscular-or-fibrous-form.jpg?w=184&h=175&ssl=1\" width=\"184\" height=\"175\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"184\" data-original-height=\"175\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\u201cMuscular or Fibrous Form\u201d\" alt=\"A heavily muscled man in a boxing pose stands next to a taller, more slim man.\" style=\"width: 184px; height: 175px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Muscular or Fibrous Form large and small: Tom Johnson, a notorious champion of England in 1789 and Amadeus, King of Spain, second son of King Emmanuel of Italy. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 179px;\" data-original-width=\"188\" data-original-height=\"179\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/01\/29\/how-to-read-personal-character\/thoracic-form\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"184\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"175\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3202\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/thoracic-form.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"969,925\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"\u201cThoracic Form”\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/thoracic-form.jpg?fit=300%2C286&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/thoracic-form.jpg?fit=840%2C802&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/thoracic-form.jpg?w=184&h=175&ssl=1\" width=\"184\" height=\"175\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"184\" data-original-height=\"175\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\u201cThoracic Form"\" alt=\"A sketch of a narrow chested man next to a deep chested man.\" style=\"width: 184px; height: 175px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Thoracic Form small and large: Edward VI., the only son of Henry VIII., whom he succeeded to the throne of England in 1547, and died at the early age of 16 years and Cicero, the Prince of orators, who conquered Caesar by his eloquence, and composed 500 verses in a single night. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 116px; height: 179px;\" data-original-width=\"116\" data-original-height=\"179\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/01\/29\/how-to-read-personal-character\/osseous-or-bony-form\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"112\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"175\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3201\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/osseous-or-bony-form.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"899,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"\u201cOsseous or Bony Form\u201d\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/osseous-or-bony-form.jpg?fit=193%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/osseous-or-bony-form.jpg?fit=658%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/osseous-or-bony-form.jpg?w=112&h=175&ssl=1\" width=\"112\" height=\"175\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"112\" data-original-height=\"175\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\u201cOsseous or Bony Form\u201d\" alt=\"An engraving of two men, one less than half as tall as the other.\" style=\"width: 112px; height: 175px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Osseous or Bony Form small and large: Charles Stratton, “Tom Thumb,” about three feet in height. Abraham Lincoln, eight about six feet six inches. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 348px; height: 179px;\" data-original-width=\"348\" data-original-height=\"179\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/01\/29\/how-to-read-personal-character\/brain-and-nerve-form\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"344\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"175\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3199\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/brain-and-nerve-form.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"875,446\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"\u201cBrain and Nerve Form\u201d\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/brain-and-nerve-form.jpg?fit=300%2C153&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/brain-and-nerve-form.jpg?fit=840%2C428&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/brain-and-nerve-form.jpg?w=344&h=175&ssl=1\" width=\"344\" height=\"175\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"344\" data-original-height=\"175\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\u201cBrain and Nerve Form\u201d\" alt=\"The faces of two men one with a narrow forehead and wide jaw, the other with a wide forehead and narrow jaw.\" style=\"width: 344px; height: 175px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Brain and Nerve Form small and large: A licentious and brutal flat head Indian man, of Cape Flattery, Washington Territory, America and Dr Spraker, President of Wittenberg College, at Springfield, Ohio. He has studied, taught, lectured, and preached all his life. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>You will then take a tour of emotional and intellectual dispositions, which the author terms \u201cpowers\u201d and \u201cabilities\u201d, exemplified by portraits of people, but also some animals, using categories gleaned from an allied and overlapping field of study: the science of phrenology. It\u2019s all a bit technical, and you may have trouble following me, but here\u2019s a sample. There are \u201cSupplyant Powers,\u201d which include \u201ccontentment or acquiesciveness\u201d, \u201canimal imitation or animalimitationality\u201d, \u201clove of liquids, or aquasorbitiveness\u201d, \u201cphysical hope or physioelpidicity\u201d, \u201crapacity or graspativeness\u201d, \u201cappetite for food or appetitiveness\u201d, \u201crevengefulness or retaliativeness\u201d (why not \u201cretaliativity\u201d?). There are \u201cProtective Abilities,\u201d which are \u201can ascendancy of the thoracic form\u201d, and which include \u201cdesire to be sentinelled or sentinelativeness\u201d, \u201cmoral courage or morivalorosity\u201d (how morivalorous!), \u201ctendency for elevation of mind or body, or elevativeness\u201d, \u201csense of smell or olfactiveness\u201d (these types tend to have large noses). I could go through more categories and subcategories, but you get the idea\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":1,"permalink":"https:\\\/\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/29\\\/how-to-read-personal-character\\\/","likes_blog_id":"52242398"}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 366px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"366\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 563px; height: 366px;\" data-original-width=\"563\" data-original-height=\"366\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/01\/29\/how-to-read-personal-character\/contentment-or-acquiesciveness\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"559\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"362\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3208\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/contentment-or-acquiesciveness.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"975,631\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"\u201ccontentment or acquiesciveness\u201d\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/contentment-or-acquiesciveness.jpg?fit=300%2C194&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/contentment-or-acquiesciveness.jpg?fit=840%2C544&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/contentment-or-acquiesciveness.jpg?w=559&h=362&ssl=1\" width=\"559\" height=\"362\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"559\" data-original-height=\"362\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\u201ccontentment or acquiesciveness\u201d\" alt=\"A thin severe looking woman and a round faced amiable looking woman.\" style=\"width: 559px; height: 362px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Acquiesciveness small and large: Mrs. Bachus, of California and a Welsh woman. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 277px; height: 366px;\" data-original-width=\"277\" data-original-height=\"366\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/01\/29\/how-to-read-personal-character\/animal-imitation-or-animalimitationality_chimp\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"273\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"362\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3206\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/animal-imitation-or-animalimitationality_chimp.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"662,879\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"\u201canimal imitation or animalimitationality\u201d\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/animal-imitation-or-animalimitationality_chimp.jpg?fit=226%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/animal-imitation-or-animalimitationality_chimp.jpg?fit=662%2C879&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/animal-imitation-or-animalimitationality_chimp.jpg?w=273&h=362&ssl=1\" width=\"273\" height=\"362\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"273\" data-original-height=\"362\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\u201canimal imitation or animalimitationality\u201d\" alt=\"An engraving of a chimpanzee sitting in a tree wearing a jacket.\" style=\"width: 273px; height: 362px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Animalimitationality large: Chimpanzee, taken from life in the Zoological Gardens in London. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 510px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"510\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 452px; height: 510px;\" data-original-width=\"452\" data-original-height=\"510\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/01\/29\/how-to-read-personal-character\/animal-imitation-or-animalimitationality\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"448\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"245\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3205\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/animal-imitation-or-animalimitationality.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"855,468\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"\u201canimal imitation or animalimitationality\u201d\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/animal-imitation-or-animalimitationality.jpg?fit=300%2C164&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/animal-imitation-or-animalimitationality.jpg?fit=840%2C460&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/animal-imitation-or-animalimitationality.jpg?w=448&h=245&ssl=1\" width=\"448\" height=\"245\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"448\" data-original-height=\"245\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\u201canimal imitation or animalimitationality\u201d\" alt=\"A man with a wide mouth and a pierced nose and a man with glasses and a big beard.\" style=\"width: 448px; height: 245px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Animalimitationality large and small: A Fort Rupert Indian. At one time this tribe existed as Cannibals, and Horace Greely. <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/01\/29\/how-to-read-personal-character\/love-of-liquids-or-aquasorbitiveness\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"448\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"257\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3209\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/love-of-liquids-or-aquasorbitiveness.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"854,490\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"\u201clove of liquids or aquasorbitiveness\u201d\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/love-of-liquids-or-aquasorbitiveness.jpg?fit=300%2C172&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/love-of-liquids-or-aquasorbitiveness.jpg?fit=840%2C482&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/love-of-liquids-or-aquasorbitiveness.jpg?w=448&h=257&ssl=1\" width=\"448\" height=\"257\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"448\" data-original-height=\"257\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\u201clove of liquids or aquasorbitiveness\u201d\" alt=\"The faces of a round faced amiable looking man and a thin angular man.\" style=\"width: 448px; height: 257px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Aquasorbitiveness large and small: George Morland, a talented painter, who died as he had lived, a great drunkard and Nicholas Copernicus, who drank very sparingly of water and was exemplarily temperate. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 388px; height: 510px;\" data-original-width=\"388\" data-original-height=\"510\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/01\/29\/how-to-read-personal-character\/physical-hope-or-physioelpidicity\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"384\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"506\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3211\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/physical-hope-or-physioelpidicity.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"629,829\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"\u201cphysical hope or physioelpidicity\u201d\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/physical-hope-or-physioelpidicity.jpg?fit=228%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/physical-hope-or-physioelpidicity.jpg?fit=629%2C829&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/physical-hope-or-physioelpidicity.jpg?w=384&h=506&ssl=1\" width=\"384\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"384\" data-original-height=\"506\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\u201cphysical hope or physioelpidicity\u201d\" alt=\"Engraved portrait of a thin, severe looking man wearing a laural crown and holding a book.\" style=\"width: 384px; height: 506px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Physioelpidicity small: Dante, the Author of Paradise, Purgatory and Hell. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 331px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"331\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 536px; height: 331px;\" data-original-width=\"536\" data-original-height=\"331\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/01\/29\/how-to-read-personal-character\/rapacity-or-graspativeness\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"532\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"327\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3212\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/rapacity-or-graspativeness.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"893,550\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"\u201crapacity or graspativeness\u201d\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/rapacity-or-graspativeness.jpg?fit=300%2C185&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/rapacity-or-graspativeness.jpg?fit=840%2C517&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/rapacity-or-graspativeness.jpg?w=532&h=327&ssl=1\" width=\"532\" height=\"327\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"532\" data-original-height=\"327\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\u201crapacity or graspativeness\u201d\" alt=\"The heads of a round faced intense looking man and a thin man in a turban and mustache with a symbol painted on his forehead.\" style=\"width: 532px; height: 327px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Graspativeness large and small: Robert Gregson, a Notorious English Pugilist and Nana Narian, an East Indiaman. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 304px; height: 331px;\" data-original-width=\"304\" data-original-height=\"331\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/01\/29\/how-to-read-personal-character\/appetite-for-food-or-appetitiveness\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"300\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"327\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3207\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/appetite-for-food-or-appetitiveness.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"659,718\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"\u201cappetite for food or appetitiveness\u201d\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/appetite-for-food-or-appetitiveness.jpg?fit=275%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/appetite-for-food-or-appetitiveness.jpg?fit=659%2C718&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/appetite-for-food-or-appetitiveness.jpg?w=300&h=327&ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"327\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"300\" data-original-height=\"327\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\u201cappetite for food or appetitiveness\u201d\" alt=\"Simple engraving of a statue of a heavy man in a toga.\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 327px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Appetitiveness large: Vitellius, the sensuous gourmand Emperor of Rome. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 580px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"580\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 530px; height: 580px;\" data-original-width=\"530\" data-original-height=\"580\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/01\/29\/how-to-read-personal-character\/revengefulness-or-retaliativeness\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"526\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"576\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3213\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/revengefulness-or-retaliativeness.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"429,470\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"\u201crevengefulness or retaliativeness\u201d \" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/revengefulness-or-retaliativeness.jpg?fit=274%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/revengefulness-or-retaliativeness.jpg?fit=429%2C470&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/revengefulness-or-retaliativeness.jpg?w=526&h=576&ssl=1\" width=\"526\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"526\" data-original-height=\"576\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\u201crevengefulness or retaliativeness\u201d \" alt=\"A sketch of the face of a man with a long nose and protuding jaw baring his teeth.\" style=\"width: 526px; height: 576px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Retaliativeness large. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-3\" style=\"width: 310px; height: 580px;\" data-original-width=\"310\" data-original-height=\"580\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/01\/29\/how-to-read-personal-character\/moral-courage-or-morivalorosity\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"306\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"190\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3210\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/moral-courage-or-morivalorosity.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"830,515\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"\u201cmoral courage or morivalorosity\u201d\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/moral-courage-or-morivalorosity.jpg?fit=300%2C186&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/moral-courage-or-morivalorosity.jpg?fit=830%2C515&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/moral-courage-or-morivalorosity.jpg?w=306&h=190&ssl=1\" width=\"306\" height=\"190\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"306\" data-original-height=\"190\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\u201cmoral courage or morivalorosity\u201d\" alt=\"The profiles of a black man with a protruding face and mouth and a white man with a thin face and small recessed jaw.\" style=\"width: 306px; height: 190px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Morivalorosity small and large: Thomas Molineaux, a brutal English Pugilist and Thomas Becon, Professor of Divinity at Oxford who first wrote against bowing at the name of Jesus. <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/01\/29\/how-to-read-personal-character\/tendency-for-elevation-of-mind-or-body-or-elevativeness\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"306\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"172\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3215\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/tendency-for-elevation-of-mind-or-body-or-elevativeness.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"756,424\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"\u201ctendency for elevation of mind or body, or elevativeness\u201d\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/tendency-for-elevation-of-mind-or-body-or-elevativeness.jpg?fit=300%2C168&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/tendency-for-elevation-of-mind-or-body-or-elevativeness.jpg?fit=756%2C424&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/tendency-for-elevation-of-mind-or-body-or-elevativeness.jpg?w=306&h=172&ssl=1\" width=\"306\" height=\"172\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"306\" data-original-height=\"172\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\u201ctendency for elevation of mind or body, or elevativeness\u201d\" alt=\"The profies of a man with a flat face and small nose and one with a large pointed nose.\" style=\"width: 306px; height: 172px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Elevativeness small and large: Flat Head Indian of Puget Sound and Lavater, who had an inordinate desire to ascend every tower, cupola, steeple, monument, or mountain. <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/01\/29\/how-to-read-personal-character\/sense-of-smell-or-olfactiveness\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"306\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"206\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3214\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/sense-of-smell-or-olfactiveness.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"898,604\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"\u201csense of smell or olfactiveness\u201d \" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/sense-of-smell-or-olfactiveness.jpg?fit=300%2C202&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/sense-of-smell-or-olfactiveness.jpg?fit=840%2C565&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/sense-of-smell-or-olfactiveness.jpg?w=306&h=206&ssl=1\" width=\"306\" height=\"206\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"306\" data-original-height=\"206\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\u201csense of smell or olfactiveness\u201d \" alt=\"The profiles of a man and a woman with very large noses.\" style=\"width: 306px; height: 206px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Olfactiveness large. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>I guarantee that you will learn a lot. Dr Simms provides many examples of the curious variations to which humans are prey\u2014tall\/short, fat\/thin, smart\/stupid, savage\/civilized, and so on. You will learn about well-known figures from history and the present day (1880s), and named and unnamed people drawn from phrenology and ethnology, which is the study of races, especially non-European races. For some reason, Dr Simms generally finds that these non-European races do not exhibit morally beneficial or appealing traits. Try not to be like them!<\/p>\n<p>People are hard to read, it\u2019s tough going, and you have to know how. Dr Simms, a \u201crenowned and eloquent lecturer\u201d who has lectured all across America for more than 30 years, is an expert who has studied this subject seriously and really knows his stuff. As an added bonus, in the back of the book, Dr Simms provides blank forms which you can fill in to evaluate people you meet, along with a long list of \u201cprofessions, trades, occupations, and callings,\u201d so that you have standardized categories when you fill in the blanks. That makes things easier. Finally\u2014and this is a real help\u2014there is a section entitled \u201cChoice of a Companion for Life\u201d which lists all of the good qualities you may want to find in a mate. As is obvious from all of the above, this book is morally instructive and answers a lot of questions. But if you\u2019re feeling a bit <i>sentinelative<\/i> and want to go further, you may seek to consult a longer, more technical work, Mary O. Stanton\u2019s <a title=\"Catalog Record\" href=\"http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/00830230R\"><i>How to Read Faces; or Practical and Scientific Physiognomy<\/i><\/a>, published by the same (dare I say it, <i>elevative<\/i>) publisher. That will set you back $2, a day\u2019s wages or so, depending on your calling.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 60px;\">\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/t_glover_60321510r_only.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2824\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/01\/29\/how-to-read-personal-character\/t_glover_60321510r_only\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/t_glover_60321510r_only.jpg?fit=515%2C601&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"515,601\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"T. Glover\" data-image-description=\"<p>Health:\u2014Present State. Health is the normal action of all physical and mental powers. Disease is an abnormal condition of one of more parts of the body or mind. Perfect Health: T. Glover, a dry goods merchant of Quebec, is 52 years of age, has crossed the Atlantic Ocean upwards of 70 times, never taken five shillings worth of medicine, and never lost a day\u2019s work by sickness.<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/t_glover_60321510r_only.jpg?fit=257%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/t_glover_60321510r_only.jpg?fit=515%2C601&ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2824\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/t_glover_60321510r_only.jpg?resize=90%2C105\" alt=\"An engraved portrait of T. Glover\" width=\"90\" height=\"105\" \/><\/a><i>T. Glover, a dry goods merchant of Quebec, is 52 years of age, has crossed the Atlantic Ocean upwards of 70 times, never taken five shillings worth of medicine, and never lost a day\u2019s work by sickness.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[<strong>Disclosure<\/strong>: This blog post is facetious and ironic, and really by someone who lives in the 21st century, Michael Sappol, a historian in the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine, who has only crossed the Atlantic Ocean 20 times or so, and has lost lots of days\u2019 work by sickness. Sappol does not endorse the opinions or advice of Dr Simms. He wants to add that, although phrenology and physiognomy were taken quite seriously as sciences of character and mind earlier in the 19th century (and a residue of their doctrines was carried over into late 19th-century fine art, and academic psychology and anthropology), by the late 1880s works such as this were generally dismissed by the well- educated. Even so, phrenology and physiognomy continued to be popular among working-and lower-middle-class people who aspired to be better educated. Strangely, works on the subject were usually printed in small type and to be understood required a fairly high degree of literacy and knowledge of history and the world.\u00a0 At the same time, phrenology and physiognomy contributed to their readers\u2019 stock of knowledge by giving faces to historical names and exotic peoples, and providing brief references to historical events, anatomy and geography. Of course, we should neither overlook nor forget that phrenology and physiognomy also contributed to racial, cultural and social stereotypes and biases against native peoples, people of color, and individuals who were challenged physically and mentally.]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/human-faces-what-they-mean.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3224\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/01\/29\/how-to-read-personal-character\/human-faces-what-they-mean\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/human-faces-what-they-mean.jpg?fit=964%2C1583&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"964,1583\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"11","credit":"","camera":"NIKON D800","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1379590697","copyright":"","focal_length":"60","iso":"320","shutter_speed":"0.125","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"Human Faces What They Mean\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/human-faces-what-they-mean.jpg?fit=183%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/human-faces-what-they-mean.jpg?fit=624%2C1024&ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3224\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/human-faces-what-they-mean.jpg?resize=91%2C150\" alt=\"Title page including two portraits and stating "This book is Illustrated by upwards of 200 Engravings."\" width=\"91\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Joseph Simms, MD, <a title=\"Catalog Record\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.nlm.nih.gov\/permalink\/01NLM_INST\/1o1phhn\/alma994026803406676\"><i>Human Faces, What They Mean! How to Read Personal Character<\/i><\/a> (London, 1872; reprint New York: Murray Hill Publishing Company, 1887); \u201cillustrated by upwards of 200 engravings and\u2026several hundred signs of character, forming an original system\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Read other How To… features from the NLM Collections <a title=\"How To...from the collections of the National Library of Medicine\" href=\"http:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/tag\/how-to\/\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 60px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mike-in-chicago_final.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"548\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2013\/07\/01\/a-relic-of-gettysburg-and-cycloramas-past\/mike-in-chicago_final\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mike-in-chicago_final.jpg?fit=446%2C600&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"446,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"2.8","credit":"","camera":"Canon PowerShot A430","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1188062475","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.4","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"Michel Sappol\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mike-in-chicago_final.jpg?fit=223%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mike-in-chicago_final.jpg?fit=446%2C600&ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-548\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mike-in-chicago_final.jpg?resize=78%2C105\" alt=\"profile portrait of Michael Sappol in Chicago\" width=\"78\" height=\"105\" \/><\/a>Michael Sappol is a historian in the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine.<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Michael Sappol Human Faces, What They Mean! 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