~ PHYSIOGNOMY  or    see> FACE  see> FACIES
~ PHYSIONOMY   id+ | implies KNOWLEDGE DERIVED FROM
                     OBSERVING A FACE |
  hx> DURING THE LATE XVII CENTURY AN EFFORT
      WAS MADE TO SYSTEMATIZE THE STUDY OF FACIAL
  PROPORTIONS AND EXPRESSIONS AND COMPARED
  SKULL FEATURES AMONG ANIMALS IN AN ATTEMPT
  TO SHOW HOW CEPHALIC FEATURES OF SPECIES
  EVOLVED INTO OTHERS
  med> THE STUDIES AND POPULARITY OF
       John Caspar LAVATIER [#]  1741-1801
  BORN AND EDUCATED IN ZURICH
  LAVATIER JOINED THE CHURCH AND POPULARIZED THE IDEA
  THAT PHYSIOGNOMY IS A SCIENCE
  LAVATIER SUSTAINED THAT FACIAL MUSCLES OF EXPRESSION
  WITH TIME IMPRINTED TYPICAL FEATURES TO THE FACE
  art> LAVATIER ANALYZED CLASSIC FINE ARTS AND
       BECAME VERY POPULAR IN ARISTOCRATIC CIRCLES 

  W. Wertelecki, M.D.   20091113q