. The medical age : a semi-monthly journal of medicine and surgery . ondition of the eyeball is frequentlycongenital, it would be reasonable to infer thatthe conformation of the anterior portion of thehead bears a direct relation to the eyesight. Careful measurements have been made to de-termine which side of the head is more fullydeveloped. Arguing from the standpoint thatthe right side is more fully developed than theleft and that muscular strength is usually inexcess on that side, the left side of the headshould present the largest contour. This provesto be the case, the left side being lar
. The medical age : a semi-monthly journal of medicine and surgery . ondition of the eyeball is frequentlycongenital, it would be reasonable to infer thatthe conformation of the anterior portion of thehead bears a direct relation to the eyesight. Careful measurements have been made to de-termine which side of the head is more fullydeveloped. Arguing from the standpoint thatthe right side is more fully developed than theleft and that muscular strength is usually inexcess on that side, the left side of the headshould present the largest contour. This provesto be the case, the left side being larger thanthe right in the proportion of 3 to 1. Unequalcerebral and muscular development seem tobear a relation also. Dealers in gloves, whosebusiness makes it necessary for them to makefrequent measurements of the hands, state thatthe right hand is usually a little larger than the left and that if it be desired to furnish apair of gloves that are a snug fit, the measureis taken on the left hand, while, if to the con-trary, a loose fit is sought, the measurement is. Fig. 5. made on the right hand. One more figure isadded to show the extreme irregularity of con-tour which the head may present. If in ex-amining the head, the occiput be found flattenedon one side, the forehead will usually be foundflattened on the opposite side, just as if pressurehad been applied to the two ll corners of thehead diagonally opposite each other. In all the illustrations, the forehead is at theupper part and the occiput at the bottom. Thestraight line represents the center of the instru-ment. From the earliest times the popular idea hasbeen that superior mental abilities accompanygreat size of the head. The writings of ancientand modern times attest this fact. Yet, occa-sionally striking exceptions are found. In estimating the intellectual value of an in-dividual from such measurements, we musttake into account the relative proportions ofvarious regions of the cranium, frontal andoccipital. The gener
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