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of the head. The smoothness on the crown of the head 

 is called baldness, that upon the eyebrows depilation ; 

 neither of these takes place before the commencement of 

 puberty. 



7. Children, women, and eunuchs never become bald. If 

 a person be castrated before puberty, the hair which grows 

 after birth never makes its appearance ; if after puberty 

 these alone fall on% except the hair on the pubes. "Women 

 have no hair upon the chin, excepting a lew of those in 

 whom the catamenia have ceased, and the priestesses in 

 Caria : and this appears ominous of future events. Women 

 also have other hair, but not much. There are some 

 persons, both male and female, who from their birth are 

 without the hair which grows after birth ; but those per- 

 sons are barren who have not hair on the pubes. 



8. The rest of the hair grows proportionally, either more 

 or less. Thaifupon the head grows the most, then that on 

 the chin, and thin hair most of all. The eyebrows grow so 

 thick upon some aged persons as to be cut off, for they are 

 placed upon the symphysis of the bone ; and this being 

 separated in old persons, a more abundant moisture exudes. 

 Those on the eyelids do not grow, but they fall off, 

 when persons come to puberty, and especially in those off 

 warm sexual desires ; they become grey very slowly. If the 

 hair is plucked out during the period of growth, it comes 

 again, but not after it has done growing. 



9. Every hair has at its root a glutinous moisture, which 

 will adhere to anything with which it comes in contact, 

 soon after it is drawn out. In spotted animals the spots 

 exist both in the hair and upon the skin, and upon the skin 

 of the tongue. As for the beard, some persons have a thick 

 one, both beneath the chin and upon it ; in others, these 

 parts are smooth, and the beard is on the cheeks. Those 

 who have smooth chins are least likely to become bald. The 

 hair grows in some diseases, as in phthisis especially, 

 and in old age, and upon ciead bodies, and the hair becomes 

 harder instead of softer. The same is the case with the 

 nails. In persons of strong passions, the hair that is born 

 with them decreases, while that which comes after birth in- 

 creases. 



10. Those who suffer from enlarged veins are less likely 



