. The medical age : a semi-monthly journal of medicine and surgery . ingly but very little attention hasbeen given to this point. In many cases it willbe evident to the observer that flatness of theforehead and bridge of the nose is accompaniedby hypermetropia. No doubt if careful obser-vations are made, this statement will find verification from many physicians. In amme-tropia, when congenital, it will often be foundthat there is an unequal development of the THE MEDICAL AGE. 267 two sides of the forehead. Laxdolt claimsthat the side of the forehead is more developedwhich corresponds to the e
. The medical age : a semi-monthly journal of medicine and surgery . ingly but very little attention hasbeen given to this point. In many cases it willbe evident to the observer that flatness of theforehead and bridge of the nose is accompaniedby hypermetropia. No doubt if careful obser-vations are made, this statement will find verification from many physicians. In amme-tropia, when congenital, it will often be foundthat there is an unequal development of the THE MEDICAL AGE. 267 two sides of the forehead. Laxdolt claimsthat the side of the forehead is more developedwhich corresponds to the eye with the strongerrefraction, while the half corresponding to theeye with the lesser refraction is usually natterand smaller. In twenty cases examined, thisstate was found to be true. Fig. 4 illustratesthis point The subject, a gentleman, aet. 60,upon examination proved to have myopicastigmatism of the right eye while the left eyewas also myopic. The conformation of thehead shows a decided flattening on the left-side. Fig. 5 represents the shape of the head of a. Fig. 5. child, set. 12. Both eyes were astygmatic andmyopic, the right being a trifle more myopicthan the left. Of^course it is the anterior portion of thehead which is supposed to have a predomin-ating influence upon the development of theeyes. In many cases one half of the anteriorportion of the head will be found more fullydeveloped in which no inequality of visionexists. As the difference in refraction is oftendue more to the length of the eyeball than tothe differences of the refracting power, and asthis condition 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
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