. Criminal man, according to the classification of Cesare Lombroso. to 40, if the total height betaken as measurements may be effected very rap-idly by using the tachyanthropometer inventedby Anfossi (see Fig. 29). It consists of a vertical 238 CRIMINAL MAN column against which the subject under examina-tion places his shoulders, a horizontal bar adjustablevertically until it rests on the shoulders, and can beused at the same time for ascertaining the length of the arms and middlefinger: a graduated slid-ing scale in the verticalcolumn for rapid mea-surements of the otherparts of the
. Criminal man, according to the classification of Cesare Lombroso. to 40, if the total height betaken as measurements may be effected very rap-idly by using the tachyanthropometer inventedby Anfossi (see Fig. 29). It consists of a vertical 238 CRIMINAL MAN column against which the subject under examina-tion places his shoulders, a horizontal bar adjustablevertically until it rests on the shoulders, and can beused at the same time for ascertaining the length of the arms and middlefinger: a graduated slid-ing scale in the verticalcolumn for rapid mea-surements of the otherparts of the body anda couple of scales at thebase for measuring thefeet. Weight. In proportionto their height, criminalsgenerally weigh less thannormal individuals,whose weight in kilo-grammes is given bythe decimal figures ofhis height as expressedin metres and centi-metres. Head. The head, or rather the skull, the shapeof which is influenced by the cerebral mass it con-tains, is rarely free from anomalies, and for thisreason the careful examination of this part is of the. Fig. 30Craniograph Anfossi EXAMINATION OF CRIMINALS 239 utmost importance. We have no means of studyingsubtle cranial alterations in the living subject, butwe can ascertain the form and capacity of his is rendered easy and rapid by means of a veryconvenient craniograph invented by Anfossi (seeFig. 30), which tracesthe cranial profileon a piece of spe-cially prepared card-board. In the absence of acraniometer, measure-ments may be takenwith calipers, the armsof which are curvedlike the ordinary pel-vimeters used in ob-stetrics (see Fig. 31),and a graduated steeltape. The following are the principal measurements:I. Maximum antero-posterior diameter, which isobtained by applying one arm of the instrument abovethe root of the nose just between the eyebrows andsliding the other arm over the vault of the skull tillit reaches the occiput. The distance between the twoarms furnishes the maximum longitudinal diameter.
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