The etiology of osseous deformities of the head, face, jaws and teeth . a prominent portion ofall social systems, and with which Mexico is especiallyinfested. He finally died in a public hospital, as a result ofsome acute disease, with cerebral complications. The gen-eral physique of this man was very fair, although he pre-sented a generally overgrown and loose-jointed alive he was a very peculiar looking specimen indeed,the dome-shaped appearance of his cranium being exagger- lis , ETIOLOGY or OSSEOUS DEFOKMITIES OF ated by a laxuriant crop of kinky wool, several inches inleng
The etiology of osseous deformities of the head, face, jaws and teeth . a prominent portion ofall social systems, and with which Mexico is especiallyinfested. He finally died in a public hospital, as a result ofsome acute disease, with cerebral complications. The gen-eral physique of this man was very fair, although he pre-sented a generally overgrown and loose-jointed alive he was a very peculiar looking specimen indeed,the dome-shaped appearance of his cranium being exagger- lis , ETIOLOGY or OSSEOUS DEFOKMITIES OF ated by a laxuriant crop of kinky wool, several inches inlength, that stood straight out from his head. From a men-tal standpoint he was up to the average of the negro race,but, morally speaking, he was decidedly degenerate. Oneof his prominent characteristics was a very irritable andirascible temper. The cranium, as is well shown in the appended illustra-tions, is most markedly brachycephalic; indeed, its circum-ferential outline is almost perfectly round, its longitudinaland transverse diameters being nearly equal. The term. Fig. 42. dome-shaped is as nearly accurate as possible from a descript-ive standpoint. It is a singular fact that the degeneratetype of the African skull often presents the oxycephalic, orrafter-beaded type, even when the dolichocephalous index ispronounced. These rafter heads are often seen. The skull at present under consideration is, as alreadyremarked, a distinctive dome shape, which corresponds notat all with the rafter head. The peculiar conformation in this case is evidently not theresult of pathological conditions or mechanical vault of the cranium is quite symmetrically developed,although the base of the skull is decidedly asymmetrical, as THE HEAD, FACE, JAAVS AND TEETH 149 will shortly be shown. We know of no mechanical meanswhich might have caused the peculiar dome-like form of thisspecimen, and we have been unable to find mechanicallydeformed crania of a similar type. Such deformities asth
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