The etiology of osseous deformities of the head, face, jaws and teeth.

  • Eugene Solomon Talbot
Date:
1894
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Credit: The etiology of osseous deformities of the head, face, jaws and teeth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    C,o EXAMINATION OF THE CRANIA—CONTINUED. In Peabody Museum, Harvard University; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia; Davenport Academy, Army Museum; Roman, French, and English Crania in European museums, and Private collection of Barrett. Miscellaneous crania by Drs. Peirce, Newton, Schuhmann, Barrett, Pratt, Betty, and Talbot. m No. Sex HEIGHT OP VAULT. RACE. MINIMUM. MAXIMUM. AVEEAGE. In. Mm. In. Mm. In. Mm. Probably Africans Negro Giles, executed at ) Richmond, Va ^ Aleutian Islander GtfANCHE Pegu, Burmah. o 1 1 1 1 1 3 .5 46 F M F F F ? M F .44 .50 .31 .44 .50 .50 .53 .53 .41 11.17 12.70 7.62 11.17 12.70 12.^0 13.46 13.46 10.45 .50 .50 .31 .44 ..50 ..50 .56 .69 .63 12.70 12.70 7.62 11.17 12.70 12.70 14.23 17.52 16.00 .47 .50 .31 .44 .50 .50 .54 .57 .52 11.93 12.70 7.62 11.17 12.70 Mauritian Dwarf Unknown ] Marshpee Indians 12.70 13.71 14.47 13.22 Total 954 .44 11.36 .62 15.48 .51 13.57 [The averages in table on page 58 are made up from the maximum and minimum figures alone, while those in the other tables are deduced from the total of all the measure- ments. ] While one would naturally expect to find discrepancies in the figures in a work like this, in which so many different individuals have been engaged, great care was exercised in selecting gentlemen (most of whom are personal friends of mine and well known in the profession) who possessed skill and who had also attained prominence in their calling. In comparing the measurements of living individuals with thosaof the crania, an allowance of .06 of an inch should be made for thickness of the mucous membrane. The difference in the number of measurements of the antero-posterior and the lateral diameter is due to the fact that in many cases the antero-posterior diameter was taken from the first and second molars instead of from the third; it was necessary to reject all such measurements. We must therefore look upon these figures as being nearly
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