The theory and practice of infant feeding, with notes on development . measured fromthe root of the nose to the extremity of the chin, and, inthe absence of the teeth, falls relatively considerably below the adult. A configuration of the skull in each casewas taken by carefully applying a strip of sheet-lead hori-zontally around it, just above the ear, the free ends alwaysbeing on the right side for the purpose of tracing was then put upon a chart by running thepoint of a sharp pencil just inside the leac1. It is well tomark the centre of the lead in front, so as to be able ap-p
The theory and practice of infant feeding, with notes on development . measured fromthe root of the nose to the extremity of the chin, and, inthe absence of the teeth, falls relatively considerably below the adult. A configuration of the skull in each casewas taken by carefully applying a strip of sheet-lead hori-zontally around it, just above the ear, the free ends alwaysbeing on the right side for the purpose of tracing was then put upon a chart by running thepoint of a sharp pencil just inside the leac1. It is well tomark the centre of the lead in front, so as to be able ap-proximately to draw a median line through the configura-tion and thus detect asymmetry. It is not contendedthat this is an absolutely accurate method of obtaining aconfiguration of the skull, as the metal is so yielding thatthere is a possibility of its springing somewhat in trans-ferring it from the skull to the chart. With care, how-ever, it is fairly accurate, and will exhibit the generalpushing out of the soft skull by the growth of the brain, 312 INFANT and any form of asymmetry that is at all marked. Thefollowing configurations, taken from the list, are fairly typical of the usual shaping of theskull, in a horizontal plane, atvarious ages during its most rapidgrowth. 180. The fetal skull is verysmall, and oval at an early stage,as both the sensori-motor and in-tellectual centres have not yet be-gun to grow. The former beginsfig skuii Between to develop later in intra-uterine 1 hree and hour Months. life, and the latter the last of is beautifully shown in the configurations of the twofetal skulls. The first shows an oval, undeveloped brain,while the second exhibits the forcing out of the parietalbosses by the rapid evo-lution of the sensori-motor area of the brain,while the front of theskull appears station-ary, from the size of theconfiguration. Afterbirth and with increasein the age of the in-fants, there is noted agradual and steadyenlargemen
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