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" Nature in the composition of the human frame has ordained that the face from the chin to the highest point of the forehead where the hair begins is a tenth part of the whole stature. The same proportion obtains in the hand measured from the wrist to the... "
The Natural Principles of Beauty: As Developed in the Human Figure - Page 43
by David Ramsay Hay - 1852 - 48 pages
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 48

1856 - 1432 pages
...widens and preserves its original shhpe and form. The original text is too curious to escape quotation : measured from the wrist to the extremity of the middle...from the chin to the top of the scalp, is an eighth. From the top of the chest to the highest point of the forehead is a seventh. From the nipples to the...
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The Medical World: A Journal of Universal Medical Intelligence, Volumes 1-2

Medicine - 1857 - 984 pages
...chin te he highest point of the forehead whence thlair begins, is a tenth part of the whole stat ure ; the same proportion obtains in the hand measured from the wrist to the extremity of the middle finger. From the top of the chest to ;he highest point of the forehead is a seventh. From the nipples to the...
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Cyclopædia of the diseases of children v. 4, 1890, Volume 4

1890 - 1232 pages
...the hair begin, is a tenth part of the whole height ; it is the same length from the wrist to the tip of the middle finger. The head, from the chin to the top of the skull, is one-eighth part ; the same to the pit of the neck. From the top of the chest to the roots...
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Cyclopædia of the diseases of children, medical and surgical v. 4 ..., Volume 4

1892 - 1216 pages
...the hair begin, is a tenth part of the whole height ; it is the same length from the wrist to the tip of the middle finger. The head, from the chin to the top of the skull, is one-eighth part ; the same to the pit of the neck. From the top of the chest to the roots...
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The School Arts Magazine, Volume 20

Pedro Joseph Lemos - Art - 1921 - 730 pages
...one-tenth of the whole stature. These proportions obtain in the hand, measured from the wrist to the front of the middle finger. The head from the chin to the top of the scalp is an eighth; from the top of the chest to the highest point of the forehead is a seventh; from the nipples to the...
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University Lectures: Delivered by Members of the Faculty in the ..., Volume 2

University of Pennsylvania - Barns - 1915 - 616 pages
...the human frame has ordained that the face from the chin to the highest point of the forehead where the hair begins is a tenth part of the whole stature....from the chin to the top of the scalp is an eighth. From the top of the chest to the highest point of the forehead is a seventh. From the nipples to the...
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University Lectures Delivered by Members of the ..., Volume 2; Volumes 1914-1915

University of Pennsylvania - 1915 - 616 pages
...the human frame has ordained that the face from the chin to the highest point of the forehead where the hair begins is a tenth part of the whole stature....from the chin to the top of the scalp is an eighth. From the top of the chest to the highest point of the forehead is a seventh. From the nipples to the...
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American Practitioner and News, Volume 15

Medicine - 1877 - 408 pages
...that the face is a tenth part of the whole height ; it is the same length from the wrist to the tip of the middle finger. The head, from the chin to the top of the skull, is one-eighth part; the same to the pit of the neck. From the top of the chest to the roots...
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