Discoveries in science by the medical philosopher : An oration delivered on the ninety-sixth anniversary of the Medical society of London, Monday, March 8th, 1869 / by Sir G. Duncan Gibb, bart.

  • Gibb, G. Duncan (George Duncan), Sir, 1821-1876.
Date:
1869
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Credit: Discoveries in science by the medical philosopher : An oration delivered on the ninety-sixth anniversary of the Medical society of London, Monday, March 8th, 1869 / by Sir G. Duncan Gibb, bart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    two in the character of the skull, hut the charac¬ ters of the complexion, skin, and hair, are more permanent, and of more value than those of the skull. The fourth type is one extremely common amongst ourselves, especially in the eastern and southern counties of England, and also in Ger¬ many, and the Sclavonic countries. It is what is known as the Blonde type, but some time ago he proposed the name Zanthochroid. These people have fair delicate skins, through which the blood shows, imparting that colour which we admire so much; yellow hair, and blue eyes, and they are usually of tall stature. In this group as in the other, there is an extreme variation in the type of the skull: that is, there may be every variety, from the long skull of the Scandinavian, to the broad skull of Central Germany. The geographical distribution is a remarkable one. Of the Australoid type, its head quarters are the great continent of Australia; it is not met with in Van Dieman’s Land, hut is in the hill tribes of the Deccan in Hindostan; also in Abyssinia, and the valley of Egypt. The Mon¬ goloid division is found in Central Asia, where the Kalmucs and Tartars represent the purest