{"product_id":"2940012681164","title":"Treatise On The Influence Of Climate On The Human Species And On The Varieties Of Men Resulting From It","description":"Published in London in 1812. The full title is: Treatise On The Influence Of Climate On The Human Species: And On The Varieties Of Men Resulting From It; Including An Account Of The Criteria Of Intelligence Which The Form Of The Head Presents; And A Sketch Of A Rational System Of Physiognomy As Founded On Physiology. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author; Nicholas. C. Pitta, M. D. was the President Of The Royal Physical Society Of Edinburgh, Extraordinary Member Of The Royal Medical Society Of The Same City, Member Of The Society Of Natural History There, And Physician At Madeira. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Publisher has copy-edited this book to improve the formatting, style and accuracy of the text to make it readable. This did not involve changing the substance of the text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDedication. ----- Advertisement.  ----- Preface  ----- Part First. On the influence of climate in general. ----- Part Second. On the particular effects which climate thus produces, and on the classification of the species which results from it.  ----- Part Third. Further examination of the form of the head, and of the Criteria of Intellect which it presents.  ----- Part Fourth. Physiognomical Details, as founded on the preceding Physiology.  ----- Part Fifth. Application of the preceding principles to the expression of the passions.  ----- Appendix No. I. Proofs of the Doctrines contained in the Third Part.  ----- Appendix No. II. Additional Proofs of the Third Part.  ----- Appendix No. III. Account of the doctrine of Gall.  ----- Appendix No. IV. Some remarks on that of Lavater.  ----- Postscript.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExcerpts:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e.....Many analogical arguments in proof of the influence of climate in general, might be derived from the well known changes which it produces in inferior animals. Blumenbach, accordingly, after employing the first section of his excellent work \"De generis humani varietate nativa,\" on an account of the difference between man and animals, devotes the second to the discussion of the causes and manners, by which the various species of animals in general degenerate. As, however, the arguments and illustrations on this subject, from the history of man himself, are sufficiently numerous and convincing, to them we shall directly proceed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e.....Every permanent and characteristic variety in human nature, is effected by slow and almost imperceptible gradations. Great and sudden changes seem too violent for the delicate constitution of man; and, in reality, instead of merely altering, they always tend to destroy the system. But changes, the effects of which blend with the general actions of the body, and ultimately form the character of a climate or a nation, are progressively carried on through several generations, till the causes that produce them have attained their utmost operation, by becoming perfectly congenial to the system.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e.....In this way, the minutest causes, acting constantly, and during a long period of time, will necessarily create great and conspicuous differences among mankind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e.....\"In tracing the globe from the pole to the equator, we observe a gradation in the complexion of man, nearly in proportion to the latitude of the country he inhabits. Immediately below the arctic circle, a high and sanguine color prevails. From this, we descend to the red, blended with white; and thence, towards the line, succeed, the brown, the olive, the tawny, and, at length, the black.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e.....These gradations are sometimes more, and sometimes less sudden. The women of the province of Biscay, for instance, are very fair; those of Granada, on the contrary, subfuscous, \"so that,\" says Ol. Toree, \"in this more southern province, the pictures of the Virgin are painted of the same provincial color.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e.....The same distance from the sun, however, does not, in every region, indicate the same temperature of climate. Some secondary causes, correcting and limiting its influence, must be taken into consideration. The elevation of the land, its vicinity to the sea, or to great lakes and rivers, the nature of the soil, the state of cultivation, the course of periodical winds, and many other circumstances, enter into this view.","brand":"Digital Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078957220080,"sku":"2940012681164","price":4.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012681164_p0.jpg?v=1763571391","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012681164","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}