The etiology of osseous deformities of the head, face, jaws and teeth . Pig. 49. A view from above (Fig 49) shows the circumferentialoutline of this specimen. By comparing the quadrants ofthis illustration, the pronounced asymmetry of developmentis easily seen. The superior maxilla in this skull is well developed,although the alveolar process shows an inferior development;the palatal arch is exceedingly low; the left superior maxillais much smaller than the right; the palatal processes showgreat asymmetry, the right being 61 mm. and the left but5 mm. in breadth; the measurements of this craniu
The etiology of osseous deformities of the head, face, jaws and teeth . Pig. 49. A view from above (Fig 49) shows the circumferentialoutline of this specimen. By comparing the quadrants ofthis illustration, the pronounced asymmetry of developmentis easily seen. The superior maxilla in this skull is well developed,although the alveolar process shows an inferior development;the palatal arch is exceedingly low; the left superior maxillais much smaller than the right; the palatal processes showgreat asymmetry, the right being 61 mm. and the left but5 mm. in breadth; the measurements of this cranium are: 158 ETIOLOGY OF OSSEOUS DEFORMITIES OF Horizontal index, Circumference, . _ _ Anterior demi-circumference, Posterior demi-circiiniference. Longitudinal diam., Transverse diam., Vertical diam., - - - - Bi-frontal diam., Bi-mastoid diam., Bi-zygomatic Vertical circumference from ear to ear. 49 c. c. c. 171 mm. 149 mm. 118 mm 90 mm. mm 132 mm 279 mm. Fig. 50. Center of left parietal prominence to occipitalprotuberance, - - - 119 Center of right parietal prominence of occipitalprotuberance, . _ . - 132 Anterior border foramen magnum to superioroccipital angle, - - - - 128 Fig. 50 is the picture of Patrick Eugene Joseph Prender- gast, twenty-five years of age, who shot and killed Mayor Carter Harrison of Chicago, October 28, 1893, at his residence, mm. mm. mm. THE HEAD, FACE, JAWS AND TEETH 159 claiming that the mayor had not given him a certain officewhich had been promised him. Prendergast was born in Ire-land, and came to this country at the age of five years. Onthe witness stand the author gave the following testimony:Height, 5 feet 7 inches. Weight, 132 pounds. Hair, red,coarse and stiff; very little upon face. Nose, fairly normal;thin at bridge, broad at al^. Ears, large and projecting;lobes, short and broad; tragus, both well developed; helix,broad, with typical tubercles at the upper and outer borderof the ear. Lips, upper s
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