Disputatio inauguralis de generis humani varietate : quam annuente summo numine : ex auctoritate reverendi admodum viri, D. Georgii Baird, SS.T.P. Academiae Edinburgenae Praefecti : necnon amplissimi senatus academici consensu, et nobilissimae facultatis medicae decreto : pro gradu doctoratus, summisque in medicina honoribus ac privilegiis rite et legitime consequendis / eruditorum examini subjicit James Cowles Prichard, Anglus, societatis regiae edinsis socius extraordinarius.

  • Prichard, James Cowles, 1786-1848.
Date:
1808
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Credit: Disputatio inauguralis de generis humani varietate : quam annuente summo numine : ex auctoritate reverendi admodum viri, D. Georgii Baird, SS.T.P. Academiae Edinburgenae Praefecti : necnon amplissimi senatus academici consensu, et nobilissimae facultatis medicae decreto : pro gradu doctoratus, summisque in medicina honoribus ac privilegiis rite et legitime consequendis / eruditorum examini subjicit James Cowles Prichard, Anglus, societatis regiae edinsis socius extraordinarius. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ are deeper or lighter according as they “ liave been more or less exposed to the in-* “ fluence of climate. The women of the low- “ er class, who labour in the fields, or who u dwell in vessels, are almost invariably “ coarse, ill-featured, and of a deep browu “ compiexion, like that of the Hottentots. u But this we find to be the case among the “ poor of almost every nation. Hard labour, “ scanty fare, early and frequent parturition, “ soon wither the delicate buds of beauty. “ We saw women in China, though very few, “ who might pass for beauties even in Eu- “ rope. The Malay features, however, prevaii “ in most:—a small black or dark brown eye, “ a short rounded nose, generally a little flat- “ tened, lips considerably thicker than in Eu- ropeans, and black hair, are universal.” “ The Man-tchoo Tartars appear to be of a “ mixed race. Among thern we observed se- “ veral, both men and women, that were ex- “ tremely fair, and of florid complexions — * Bai;row’s China.