. The medical age : a semi-monthly journal of medicine and surgery . Fig. 2. long, and below 120 round. Careful measure-ments show that there a greater number oflong heads than round, the proportion beingthree toone. Id the long heads examined, theforehead and occiput were usually well devel-oped, while there was a sinking in at the tem-ples; in one case this depression amounted toJ/j the transverse diameter, while in 85 per cent,of the number there was some depression overthe temporal region. In one case an opportunity occurred in whichan outline could be compared with one taken. Fig. 3 on sa
. The medical age : a semi-monthly journal of medicine and surgery . Fig. 2. long, and below 120 round. Careful measure-ments show that there a greater number oflong heads than round, the proportion beingthree toone. Id the long heads examined, theforehead and occiput were usually well devel-oped, while there was a sinking in at the tem-ples; in one case this depression amounted toJ/j the transverse diameter, while in 85 per cent,of the number there was some depression overthe temporal region. In one case an opportunity occurred in whichan outline could be compared with one taken. Fig. 3 on same head seven years before. There wasfound to be a very slight increase in length,but a decided increase in the degree of depression over the temporal region. The head hadpreserved the same general contour, exceptingthat the depression mentioned served co makethe forehead more prominent and round. It isa question whether the head enlarges or changesmuch during adult life. The thickness of hair might readily account for the slight variationsrequired in the sizes of hats. In some cases the skull was abnormally small,microcephalic; in others unusually large, whilein a few cases it was found to be plagiocephalicor twisted. Fig. 3 is a good illustration of sucha head. That a direct relation exists between thesize and shape of the skull, and the intellectualpower is further proven by observations uponthe facial angle. The size and weight of thebrain may be said to increase with theangle of the face, an angle made by abase line drawn from the floor of the nostrilsto the base of t
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