Lectures on Physiology, Zoology, and the Natural History of Man: Delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons

Smith, 1823 - Anthropology - 496 pages

INTRODUCTORY TO THE COURSE DELIVERED IN 1817	1

Superiority of the White Races in Intellect and Moral	4

Modern History of Comparative Anatomy	14

PALLAS	20

CUVIER	27

INTRODUCTORY TO THE COURSE OF 1818	33

Domestic Animals and the Veterinary Art	39

Exemplification in the Aircells of Birds	46

White	240

Red or Copper Colour	249

Mestizos	255

The Offspring does not invariably resemble the Parents	258

On the Hair Beard and Colour of the Iris	264

Inconsiderable in the Mongolian Tribes	270

Extirpation practised by both	276

Numerous Modifications in each Variety	282

Vital Properties	50

Popular Notion of Life	52

The Science of Life not yet adequately treated	58

The first Foundation of Physiology	60

Proofs from the History of the Mind	75

Nature of Life Methodical Arrangement of Living Beings	80

NATURAL HISTORY OF	101

Supposed Gradation from Man to Animals	108

S Troglodytes or Chimpansé	114

and Pelvis	116

History of PETER the Wild	122

Muscles of the Lower Limbs Glutei and Buttocks	128

Organization of the Hand	136

The latter Attributes are therefore peculiar to Man	142

Facial Line and Angle	144

Doubtful whether it exists in all Animals	150

Characters of the Human Teeth	156

Parts belonging to some Mammalia and not to Man	162

Man has the largest Brain in this Sense	168

Clitoris and Nymphæ	175

The most Savage People are generally Carnivorous	182

The Teeth and Jaws	188

Slow Growth long Infancy and late Puberty of Man	194

Consequently Society is not only natural but necessary 195	195

ON THE VARIETIES OF THE HUMAN SPECIES	209

Most Animals are confined to certain Spots	215

Zoological Acceptation of Species	224

Breeding considered as a Criterion of Species	227

On the Colour of the Human Species Structure	233

Form of the Skull in the Caucasian Variety of Man	288

Osteological Characters of their Heads	295

Different Modifications in the Caucasian Variety	300

Ethiopian Variety	306

Characters of the Negro Head approach to those of	311

Form of the Skull in the Caribbees	316

Description of several Crania with Marks of Pressure	321

Differences in the Teeth	328

The National Characters of Crania are found in the Foetal	336

Differences of Stature Origin and Transmission	369

Erroneous Notion of Animal Degeneracy in America	377

Stature of the Mongolian Variety	381

Disposition to certain Diseases is Hereditary	387

Varieties of Form and Proportions in Animals	393

Straightness of a Line drawn along the Occiput and Neck	395

Acuteness of External Senses in Savage Tribes	401

Monosyllabic Languages of Asia	407

Progress of the Mexicans and Peruvians	413

Negroes not inferior to the other Dark Races	423

Effect of Food	435

That the Diversities of Mankind in general are not pro	449

Asiatic Races	455

Different Races with permanent Characters inhabiting	463

Differences of Hair not caused by Climate	469

Caucasian Variety	473

Mongolian Variety	480

American Variety	485

CONCLUDING ADDRESS	491

Title	Lectures on Physiology, Zoology, and the Natural History of Man: Delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons
Author	Sir William Lawrence
Edition	3
Publisher	Smith, 1823
Original from	the University of Michigan
Digitized	4 Feb 2009
Length	496 pages

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