BLONDES’ APPEAL
A SCIENTIFIC REASON The reason why “gentlemen prefer blondes” is exophthalmic goitre. The eminent British physician and mental and nerve • specialist, Sir James Crichton-Browne, discusses the subject in a new book. He expresses the opinion that “exophthalmic goitre is undoubtedly much more common in blondes than in brunettes. “It tends, in its incipient stage, to produce a type of woman who is clever, volatile, lively and temperamental, with large lustrous eyes, and is distinctly attractive to the other sex.” A doctor, when interviewed on this opinion, quoted figures to show the scarcity of ophthalmic goitre, and the tiny percentage of women suffering from it.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 41, 27 November 1937, Page 4
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