Exhibition and description of the skull of a microcephalic Hindu / by R.W. Reid.

  • Reid, Robert William, 1851-1939.
Date:
1894
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Credit: Exhibition and description of the skull of a microcephalic Hindu / by R.W. Reid. 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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    pterion bulges upon each side and the supraciliary ridges are prominent. The orbital cavities are wide and deep. 1'he orbital margin is somewhat rectangular and an infra-orbital suture is present upon each side. The anterior opening of the nose is leptorhine. The malar bones stand out. The outlines of the mastoid processes project beyond those of the ascending rami of the lower jaw. The upper alveolar processes are very prominent and are partly wanting in the neighbourhood of the incisive fossa of the right side. The lower jaw is massive. There is great width between and eversion of its angles. Tlie right lower incisor teeth are long. The right canine and the left incisor teeth are absent. The anterior wall of the alveolus opposite the fang of the left central incisor is wanting—probably due to an abscess during life. Norma occipitalis.—Fig. 4. The somewhat “ sugar loaf ” out- line of the cranium is well seen. The region of the mastoid and asterion are well developed upon either side. The temporal ridges are plainly visible running parallel with, but in too great proximity to the sagittal suture. The parietal eminences are slightly marked. The parietal foramen exists upon the left side only, and the sagittal suture is almost completely obliter- ated in its neighbourhood. The inion is large and compressed laterally. The superior curved lines of the occipital bone are well seen. The cerebellar fossse bulge but sbghtly. Norma basilaris.—Fig. 5. The various processes which afford muscula.r attachment are large, e.g., jugular processes, spinous processes of sphenoid, styloid processes and pterygoid ridges of sphenoid. The posterior condyloid foramen is present on the right side only, is very large, and opens directly into the jugular foramen. The palate is very wide. Its antero-posterior arching is badly marked owing to great alveolar prognathism. Its mesial sagittal length is 5’5 cm. and its greatest breadth, situated between the second molar teeth, is 4’2 cm. (The palatine measurements are taken from the inner lip of the alveolar processes.) From the above description it is noticeable that the most striking peculiarities of the Fakir skull are the smallness of its cranial capacity and its prognathism. The skull is of a very low type and approaches that of the Simian in its characters. \^Reprinted from the Journal of the Anthropological Institute, yoicinber, 1894.] Harrison and Sons, Printers in Ordinary to Her Majesty, Si. Martin’s Lane.