The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-06-28
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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF MAN
LECTURE No. z.
by X. II. H., NJ d.
National Forms of the Craniun,.

National Forms Of the Cronjan,.
The national forms of the Uranium, may be
referred to five chief divisions The first pre-
sents a somewhat globulsr form, with the
forehead moderately expanded; the cheek
bones narrow and not prominent. but descend.
ing in a straight line from the external angu-
lar process OF the os trontis. The olreoier
margin Of the avs is rounded and the front
teeth OF both jaws are placed perpendicularly.
This form is observable in most Europeans.
The Uranium of the Turk is particularly globu.
lar in its form. This shape, which they con-
slider as elegant, and adapted TO their turhans,
is said on good authority, to be produced by
artificial pressure after birth
In the second variety, including the man
goian tribes, the head is Of square form,
and the check bones stand out widely on
eilher side. The glabella, and os nasi which
are fiat and very small, are placed nearly in
the same horizontal line with the osd molGrum.
There are scarcely any supelcillisry ridg $ the
entrance of the nostrils is narrow, and the ma
Tar fossae forms but lightcxcavation. The
olcoelar edge Of the jaw is obtusely arched in
font; the chin rather prominent.
The third variety contains the Africans -
The Uranium is narrow, being compress d at
the sides, where the temporal .tosSa s Of i'm
mense extent The foreresd is narrow, and
strongly arched the che,k-bones project an
teriarly, the nostrs are large; the malar fos
sa considerable and deep; the aloeolar edges
of both jaws stand very much forward, they
are narrow, elongated, and of an elleptical
figure the front teeth of the upper Jaw are
oblque in their position; the lower jaw is
large and strong but the chin, instead Of pro-
j citing as far as the t eth, as it docs in the
European, recedes considerably, as in the
monkey. The substance of the Uranium is
generally thick, and the skull is consequently
heavy. A slight comparison of the negro
with the European skull, will suffice to shew
that The Uranium is more capacious in the lat
ter than in the former case.
The lateral compression of the Ethiopian
head, together with its numerous arched fore
head, compared to the almost gobular Euro
pean Uranium, with its broad expanded from
tai portion, sufficiently & ccount for this diff
ference. At the same time the bones Of the
face are proporlionably larger in the African.
The faramina for the transmission of nerves
is more ample; and according to Loemmer-
ing. the nerves arising from the basis Of the
brain are more numerous, and considerable.
The result of these observation, together with
the unequivocal similarity in external form
between the African Uranium and that of the
monkey. leads us inevitably to the inference
that the negro spproximates in structure to
those animals. The facts which we possess
on this subject confirm the conclusion, which
would naturally be drawn from these premises
that the mental faculties Of the negro are in
ferior to those of the white natives. But we
would not have it understood from these re-
marks, we intend to degrade the African on
level with the brutes, or to Justify the be-
lief Of some who consider him merely as a
species of monkey. He is distinguished from
all animals by the same grand and constant
characters which belong to the human race.
But that, he is inferior in mental faculties is
most evidently true but this does not place
him on level with the brutes and must like