Physique And Character (Paperback, illustrated edition)

I ternational Library of Psychology Philosophy and Scientific Method Physique and Character Physique and Character An Investigation of the Nature of Constitution and of the Theory of Temperament By E. K11ETSCHMER Translated from the Second, Revised and Enlarged, Edition by W. J. H. SPROTT, B. A. CLARK COU. IiCiE, CAMBRIDGE DEMONSTRATOR AT THE CAMBRIDGE TSYCHOLOGICAL LABORATORY With 31 Plates LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER CO., LTD. NEW YORK HARCOURT, BRACE COMPANY, INC. 1925 CONTENTS Page PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION ix PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION xi PART I. PHYSIQUE i CHAPTER I. METHOD 5 II. TYPES OF PHYSIQUE 16 III. FACE AND SKULL .... 37 IV. THE SURFACE OF THE BODY . . 54 V. SPECIAL DYSPLASTIC TYPES . . 65 VI. GLANDS AND BOWELS SEXUAL IMPULSES ..... 83, , VII. THE BUILDING OF THE CONSTITUTION . 92 PART II. THE TEMPERAMENTS . . .109 CHAPTER VIII. INVESTIGATION INTO FAMILY CHARAC TEROLOGY . . . . . Ill IX. THE CYCLOID TEMPERAMENT . . 122 X. THE SCHIZOID TEMPERAMENTS GENERAL PORTION. . . . 146 XI. THE SCHIZOID TEMPERAMENT SPECIAL PORTION 181 XII. AVERAGE MEN CYCLOTHYMES AND SCHIZOTHYMES .... 206 XIII. GENIUSES 218 XIV. THE THEORY OF TEMPERAMENTS . 251 INDEX 263 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS To face page 1. Asthenic type. Frontal. Schizoid psychopath . 20 2. Asthenic type. Profile. Schizophrenia . . 22 3. Athletic type. Frontal. Schizophrenia . . 24 4. Athletic type. Profile. Acromegaly ... 26 5. Pyknic type. Frontal. Circular ... 28 6. Pyknic type. Profile. Circular ... 29 7. Angular profile. Small asthenic skull. Premature senile involution. Schizophrene con genital idiot, age 39 ..... 40 . Shortened egg-shaped face. Schizophrene, same as Plate 7, frontal . . 42 9. Steep egg-shaped face.Long mid-face. Long chin. Schizophrenia 46 10. Coarse high-head. Prominent bone-modelling. Acromegalic . . 48 11. Coarse masculine face of an athletic. Schizophrene age 25 . . . . . - 50 12. Broad shield-shaped face. Plastic surface-modelling circular age 65 . . 52 13. Pyknic profile and skull same as Plate 12 . . 54 14. Flat five-cornered face. Young pyknic type, age 20. Endogenous depres sion ........ 56 15. Young pyknic type. Soft surface. Weak delinea tion of Profile. Harmonious proportions. Same as Plate 14, Profile 58 1 6. Frontal facial contours. a Flat five-cornered, b Broad shield - shaped. c Steep egg-shape, d Shortened egg-shape In text-page 53 17. Fur-cap hair. Asthenic Schizophrene, age 21 . . 58 18. Elongated eunuchoid. Schizophrene, age 1 8. Abnormal length of extremities. Ample curving of the hips. Measurement Height, 173 legs, 95 1 chest, 86-9 hips, 91 66 vii viii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS To face page 19. Tower-skull with excessively coarse beard. Schizophrenia ...... 68 20. Tower-skull with excessively coarse beard. Father of a schizophrene .... 70 21. Dysplastic growth of fat. Schizophrenic pubertial weak-mindedness, age 19 Hypoplastic mean mid-face plump, coarse develop ment of cheek-bone and chin formless obesity . 72 22. Dysplastic growth of fat. Same as Plate 21 Profile 74 23. Infantile hypoplastic face. Profile falling away in a straight line. Undeveloped nose, spongy, bloated skin. Severe schizophrenic idiocy, age 19 . . . . . .76 24. Infantile-hypoplastic face. Same as Plate 23 Profile 78 25. Hypoplastic face. Epilepsy, age 20. Mid-face too narrow. Undeveloped nose. Piercing gaze. Short upper-lip. Mid-face 6 cm. Length of nose 4j cm. . . 80 26. Hypoplastic face.Same as Plate 25 Profile . 82 27. Gottfried Keller. Etching by Stauffer-Bern, 1887 . 220 28. Torquato Tasso. Engraving by P. Caronni after the drawing by Longhi. From Scherr, Geschichte der Weltliteratur ...... 226 29. Alexander von Hamboldt. Engraving by F. Bolt after F. Kriiger ...... 236 30. John Locke. Engraving by Dean, after the painting by Kneller. For Works of J. Locke London, 1824 240 31. H. G. R. de Mirabeau. From Mirabeaus Letters, London, 1832 ....... 242 32. . Calvin. Late engraving. From the monograph by Prof. D. Benrath...