. A treatise on mental diseases. = short in-dex. Sub-brachycephalic = medi-um length of index. Dolichocephalic = long in-dex. Cephalic indices above80 belong to the brachyce-phalic, from 80 to 78 to thesub-brachycephalic, and be-low 78 to the dolichocephalictype. Normal variationsrange between 74 and 87,with a mean of Va-riations beyond the physiological limits are frequent among theinsane, particularly those of the imbecile class, with or without indications of rickets. Hyper-brachycephalic skulls of 90, 91,or even 93, are fairly common,while hypodolichocephalic in-dices of 72 or 70 ar
. A treatise on mental diseases. = short in-dex. Sub-brachycephalic = medi-um length of index. Dolichocephalic = long in-dex. Cephalic indices above80 belong to the brachyce-phalic, from 80 to 78 to thesub-brachycephalic, and be-low 78 to the dolichocephalictype. Normal variationsrange between 74 and 87,with a mean of Va-riations beyond the physiological limits are frequent among theinsane, particularly those of the imbecile class, with or without indications of rickets. Hyper-brachycephalic skulls of 90, 91,or even 93, are fairly common,while hypodolichocephalic in-dices of 72 or 70 are daily ob-served. The lowest known in-dex is 51, and was found inan Italian. The brachycephalicheads are said to have a slight-ly greater cubic capacity thanthe dolichocephalic. In and 52 will he seen the out-line drawings of two high-gradeimbeciles, with indices of respectively. Fig. 53shows a drawing of a hypodoli-chocephalic cranium, with anow-grade imbecile negro girl,to be determined for the index is. index of , belonging to a 1The greatest skull length
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