Man and woman : a study of human secondary sexual characters / by Havelock Ellis.

  • Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939.
Date:
1904
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Credit: Man and woman : a study of human secondary sexual characters / by Havelock Ellis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    CHAPTER IX. PAGE Metabolism - - 219 The Blood—Red Corpuscles more numerous in Men—Amount of Haemoglobin greater in Men—Specific Gravity higher in Men—The Sexual Differences in the Blood coincide with the appearance of Puberty—Rise in the Specific Gravity of the Blood of Woman in Old Age—The Pulse-rate—Always higher in Small than in Large Animals—Sexual Differences in the Human and other Species—Not notably greater than Differences in Size would lead us to expect. Respiration—Vital Capacity much greater in Men—Men produce more Carbonic Acid—Costal Respiration of Women and Abdominal Respiration of Men — Recent Investigations showing that this Sexual Difference is purely artificial—It does not exist among Savage Women, nor among those who do not wear Corsets—The Origin of Corsets—Their Influence on the Activity of Women—Development of Chest—Its Relation to Consumption—Temperature—No Sexual Difference yet clearly shown. Excretion — Urine probably relatively greater in amount in Women, and Urea relatively less—Special Influences affect- ing Women. Susceptibility to Poisons—Sexual Differences in the Selective Action of Poisons on different Organs—Arsenic—Opium— Mercury — Special Sexual Susceptibilities to Poisons — Chloroform—Lead—Alcohol the best example of Sexual Selective Action on Nervous System—Tends to attack the Brain in Men, the Spinal Cord in Women. Hair and Pigmentation—Sexual Differences in Distribution, etc., of Hair—The Eyes and probably Hair are darker in Women —Possible Advantages of Pigmentation. The Psychological Significance of the Viscera—The Thyroid Gland—Its Physiological and Pathological Variations in Women—Exophthalmic Goitre and its Analogy to the State of Terror—The Larynx and the Voice—Changes at Puberty —Relation of the Voice to the Sexual Organs — The Thoracic Viscera—Heart—Lungs—The Abdominal Viscera — Stomach—Digestion—Liver— Spleen—Kidneys—Bladder —The Viscera a Factor in the Production of Emotional States. CHAPTER X. The Viscera - 265