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cheeks and outside of the upper lip, (whiskers)—and in and under the chin, (beard.) 
The first five are epicene;* the two last belong to males only. 
Or THe PILE oF THE Scate.—This, as we have before explained, is divided into two 
varieties of hair and wool; denoting three distinct species. It is upon the head of man 
that the epidermis has the least sensibility, and, owing to the convex form of the skull, it 
presents but a very small surface, at a time, to contact with external objects; it is, there- 
fore, of very little inconvenience to the sense of touch to have the scalp entirely covered 
with hair, or wool, forming a soft cushion of defence against external violence. As to the 
face, although it is the seat of several other organs of sense, it does not require a high 
degree of tangibility; and hence we find 7, also, plentifully provided with pile; but the 
prominent parts of the cheeks, and the environs of the eyes, (where the passions are 
principally depicted,) are left bare. Some rare instances occur where no hair is produced 
upon the head. There is a highly respectable gentleman, residing in this city, who has 
never had any hair on his head, nor, indeed, upon his body. 
Much has been said in other parts of this work upon the hair and wool of the head, to 
which we refer, to avoid repetition. 
Or Ciimacrric Hatrs.—That the generative organs exercise a general influence over 
the hairs of the beard and the hypogastric hairs, seems to be beyond a doubt. ‘These 
hairs make their first appearance at the period of being marriageable, which is therefore 
termed the period of puberty. When, owing to any cause, the development of the sexual 
organs is interrupted, these hairs are defective; and, in like manner, any thing which 
destroys these hairs, or prevents their growth, acts detrimentally upon the sexual organs. 
The gentleman of this city, before alluded td, who has no hair, is married, but he has never 
had an offspring. In most of those cases of malconformation, commonly called herma- 
phrodite, there is a corresponding paucity of these hairs. Russel altered stags, and he 
informs us that in some their antlers grew irregularly, and in others not at all. Bichat 
says, that a cock with his comb cut languishes; which has probably given rise to the 
remark, often made, of such a one “ having had his comb cut,’ when he is disconcerted or 
put down. The Lion, deprived of his mane, is said to lose part of his courage, and 
probably a part of his vitality. When Samson was betrayed by Delilah, he was bereaved 
of his pile; but when he was brought out to be sacrificed by the Philistines. Acs beard 
being grown, and his hair in a great measure restored, he laid hold of the two chief pillars 
and pulled the house down.+ 
Bichat condemns the practice of shaving the beard as injurious; and it is related of 
* Epicene, from “epi,”’ upon, and ‘ koinos,” common; common to both sexes. 
} “And she said unto him, Thou has mocked me three times, and hath not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. And 
he told her all his heart: and said unto her, There has not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto 
God from my mother’s womb. Jf Ibe shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like other 
men. And she made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his 
head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.” 
