The anthropological works of Alexander Walker (Volume 2).

  • Walker, Alexander, 1779-1852.
Date:
1843
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Credit: The anthropological works of Alexander Walker (Volume 2). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DEDICATION. TO THOMAS ANDREW KNIGHT, ESQ., F.R.S. & L.S. PRESIDENT 0? THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, &C. &C. ScC. My Dear Sir, One of the newly-discovered laws of nature, which are announced in this work, gives to man, for the first time, a precise rule for the guidance of inter- marriage in his own race, and for that of breeding among animals. According to that law, one parent gives to progeny the forehead and organs of sense, together with the nutritive organs contained within the trunk of the body; while the other parent gives the backhead and cerebel or organ of the will, together with the loco- motive organs composing the exterior of the trunk and the whole of the limbs. I had no sooner announced to you this law, and brought before you a family clearly exemplifying its