. British and Foreign Medical Review; or, Quarterly Journal of Practical Medicine and Surgery. ter see, a singularly small cerehral mass for an intelligent and civilizedpeople. Their heads are remarkable, not only for their smallness hut for theirirregularity; for in the whole series in my possession there is but one that canbe called symmetrical. This irregularity chiefly consists in the greater projec- 480 Mortons Crania Americana. [Oct. tion of the occiput to one side than the other, showing in some instances a sur-prising degree of deformity. As this condition is as often observed on onesi
. British and Foreign Medical Review; or, Quarterly Journal of Practical Medicine and Surgery. ter see, a singularly small cerehral mass for an intelligent and civilizedpeople. Their heads are remarkable, not only for their smallness hut for theirirregularity; for in the whole series in my possession there is but one that canbe called symmetrical. This irregularity chiefly consists in the greater projec- 480 Mortons Crania Americana. [Oct. tion of the occiput to one side than the other, showing in some instances a sur-prising degree of deformity. As this condition is as often observed on oneside as on the other, it is not to he attributed to the intentional application ofmechanical force; and, on the contrary, it is to a certain degree common to thewhole American race, and is sometimes no doubt increased by the manner inwhich the child is placed in the cradle. (p. 115.) In fig. 3 is shown the outline of a well-characterized Peruvian head ;and in fig. 4 is represented the extraordinary deformity in the occipitalregion of the head of a child. This kind of deformity may be noticed.
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