Essentials of legal medicine, toxicology and hygiene : with 130 illustrations / by C.E. Armand Semple.

  • Semple, C. E. Armand (Charles Edward Armand), 1845-1895
Date:
1895
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Credit: Essentials of legal medicine, toxicology and hygiene : with 130 illustrations / by C.E. Armand Semple. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    really reliable sign is the rounded pubic arch in the female as compared with the pointed arch in the male. Under the age oE puberty, the examination of the bones throws no light whatever upon the sex of the individual. Fig. 1 shows a complete skeleton with the names of the various parts of which it is composed; Fig. 2 shows the female skeleton; Fig. 3 male and female ribs, with the difference in their curves; Fig.'4 the male skeleton; Fig. 5 shows the relative situation and proportions of certain parts or segments of the skeleton to each, other; Figs. 6 to 12 show the pelvis (outlet and brim) with the various parts of which it is composed. A calculation of the age may be made from the eruption of the teeth; from the condition of the ribs, of which the cartilages Fir,. 3. The Male and female Ribs, showing the difference in their curves. gradually ossify as age advances; from the angle which the ramus of the lower jaw forms with its body (in infancy this is obtuse, in the adult a right angle, and in the aged again obtuse, from the loss of the teeth).; from the general state of the epiphyses regarding their attachment to the shafts respectively. If the entire skeleton is laid out, and 1| to 2 inches'allowed tor the soft parts, a fair estimate of the stature may be made, the respective measurements of the male and female pelvia at the brim are the following:—
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