Notes on the crypt and bones of Hythe Church / by H.D. Dale and F.G. Parsons.

  • Dale, Herbert D.
Date:
1904
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Credit: Notes on the crypt and bones of Hythe Church / by H.D. Dale and F.G. Parsons. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    the rest belono-ed to adult men. T did not observe any female crania.” Here it mnst be tj confessed that no anatomist, hov^ever o-veat his experience, can always tell a male from a female sknll. In perhaps seven or eight cases ont of ten it is easy enough when the necessary experience is acrpiired, bnt in the other two or three cases men of equal experience will give different opinions. This is especially the case with very young skulls, and the fact that Dr. Knox unhesitatingly puts down the two young crania he examined as boys’, makes one a little sceptical of his experience in this direction. Personall}^ I was doubtful how far my own powers were to be trusted, and it was not until I had Avorked through a large series of skidls, the sex of Avhich Avas knoAvn, and found that my oAvn ideas tallied fairly closely Avith the records of the catalogue that I undertook the task of determining the sex of these. Out of 600 skulls I found that 60 ]ier cent. Avere nndoul)tedly male, 5 per cent, probably male, 12 per cent, undoubtedly female, 6 per cent. prol)ably female, d per. cent, children under ten, and 5 per cent, young adults betAveeu teu and tAA'enty. From this it is evident that,