Thyroid internal secretion has a very definite controlling relation to all of them: to skin, its hairiness, moisture and amount of mucus, to the growth and size of the bones, especially the bones of the extremities and the skull, and to intelligence and the complexity of the convolutions of the brain.
"The Glands Regulating Personality"
Louis Berman, M.D.
In general, the degree of general hairiness is an index to the amount of adrenal influence upon the organism.
"The Glands Regulating Personality"
Louis Berman, M.D.
It is not easy to identify this race with any existing tribe of Pigmies, but the hairiness of their bodies, and above all their method of clothing themselves, leave no doubt that in this account we have a genuine story of some group of small-statured blacks.
"A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients"
Edward Tyson