Handbook of insanity for practitioners and students . f the trophic functions. The so-called signs of degener-ation are congenital and almost always hereditary. Thedwarfed growth of some idiots, with the childlike appear-ance, and the absence of hair on the face and mons ven-eris belong to this category. Disturbances in the growthof the skull must often be explained by trophic influences,at all events the mechanical influences attending parturi-tion are an insufficient explanation. Among the malfor-mations of the skull, visible during life, we must mentiona disproportion between the bones of t
Handbook of insanity for practitioners and students . f the trophic functions. The so-called signs of degener-ation are congenital and almost always hereditary. Thedwarfed growth of some idiots, with the childlike appear-ance, and the absence of hair on the face and mons ven-eris belong to this category. Disturbances in the growthof the skull must often be explained by trophic influences,at all events the mechanical influences attending parturi-tion are an insufficient explanation. Among the malfor-mations of the skull, visible during life, we must mentiona disproportion between the bones of the cranium andface, and unequal development of the two halves of theface. Further signs of degeneration (although their sig-nificance is not unquestioned) are: imperfect position, andinordinately large or small size of the ears, the absence ofthe lobe of the ear, and imperfect development of theconcha. Greater importance attaches to irregularities inthe position and development of the teeth, also to double HANDBOOK OF INSANITY. KIRCHHOFF. Ear
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