. American X-ray journal . Fig. 3. THE AMERICAN X-RAY JOURNAL. 93. Solid (|n;irtz showing gold. Sjieeimens from Randsburg, Cal., ami Aurora, LowerCalifornia. Taken b\ x-raxs .Ju)\ Jo, lssT. i»y Dr. V. K. Yoakum, I>os Angeles. therefore to bring out more clearly thedetails of the mouth parts, a secondpicture has been made, showing that re-gion in full size. (Plate II.) The first features which will attractthe attention of the dentist are the twotriangular sharp pointed projections inthe fore part of the jaws. At first onemight imagine that we have here someone of the lower animals, heretofor


. American X-ray journal . Fig. 3. THE AMERICAN X-RAY JOURNAL. 93. Solid (|n;irtz showing gold. Sjieeimens from Randsburg, Cal., ami Aurora, LowerCalifornia. Taken b\ x-raxs .Ju)\ Jo, lssT. i»y Dr. V. K. Yoakum, I>os Angeles. therefore to bring out more clearly thedetails of the mouth parts, a secondpicture has been made, showing that re-gion in full size. (Plate II.) The first features which will attractthe attention of the dentist are the twotriangular sharp pointed projections inthe fore part of the jaws. At first onemight imagine that we have here someone of the lower animals, heretofore un-known, armed with terribly powerfulmandibles, which would place the creat-ure half way between the elephant andman. But the subject was a very mildmannered human child, endowed with nooral armament beyond normal. The ex-planation of the triangular shadows isthat the Crookes tube being necessarilyat the side of the head, we obtain a pro-file view. Consequently, rememberingthe curve of the jaws anteriorly, and thenarrowing at that part, we find that theshado


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