PALMISTRY DENOUNCED.
"AN ABSOLUTE, ABSURDITY." "Palmistry is aii absolute absurdity.' Tho whole thing is beneath-'contempt,'' declared Professor Stirling, ~ dean of. the medical faculty and professor of physiology at Victoria Unirersity, Manchester, in The course of a. lccture at the Royal, Institution. "Look at; your palms' and you will find certain classical lines. Those lines, the sot. caliod Lines of Life, Heart, and Head, tho Girdle of Venus, and tho Bracelets of Life round your wrists—what do you' suppose they really are? They aro nothing more nor less than creases or.<rolds : produced'by the action of tho muscles.;' ;The Line of Heart, forx-in-stance, is the flexure of. tho four fingers, and the Lino ;of Life is the result of the action of the thumb. ' : . - ' "AH these lines that have been given astronomical names, by the palmists aro characteristic flexures.. You will find-the samo lines, on- tho palm of an orang-outang. Humanity is daily. gulled through . its extraordinary ignoraiico of the elementary facts of l)hysioi-.;i.-; . :t . .. ,
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19080501.2.5
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 186, 1 May 1908, Page 3
Word Count
163PALMISTRY DENOUNCED. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 186, 1 May 1908, Page 3
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in