. Criminal man, according to the classification of Cesare Lombroso. y frequently suffer from hernia andgoitre and commit their first offences at an advancedage. The cinaedus is distinguished by his feminineair. He wears his hair long and plaited, and even inprison his clothing seems to retain its feminineaspect. The genitals are frequently atrophied, theskin glabrous, and gynecomastia not uncommon. The eyes of murderers are cold, glassy, im-movable, and bloodshot, the nose aquiline, and al-ways voluminous, the hair curly, abundant, andblack. Strong jaws, long ears, broad cheek-bones,scanty bea
. Criminal man, according to the classification of Cesare Lombroso. y frequently suffer from hernia andgoitre and commit their first offences at an advancedage. The cinaedus is distinguished by his feminineair. He wears his hair long and plaited, and even inprison his clothing seems to retain its feminineaspect. The genitals are frequently atrophied, theskin glabrous, and gynecomastia not uncommon. The eyes of murderers are cold, glassy, im-movable, and bloodshot, the nose aquiline, and al-ways voluminous, the hair curly, abundant, andblack. Strong jaws, long ears, broad cheek-bones,scanty beard, strongly developed canines, thinlips, frequent nystagmus and contractions on oneside of the face, which bare the canines in a kind EXAMINATION OF CRIMINALS 245 of menacing grin, are other characteristics of theassassin. Forgers and swindlers wear a singular, stereo-typed expression of amiability on their pale faces,which appear incapable of blushing and assume onlya more pallid hue under the stress of any have small eyes, twisted and large noses,. Fig. 34Esthesiometer become bald and grey-haired at an early age, andoften possess faces of a feminine cast. Sensibility This external inspection of the criminal should befollowed by a minute examination of his senses andsensibility. General Sensibility and Sensibility to Touch andPain. Tactile sensibility should be measured byWebers esthesiometer, which consists of two pointedlegs, one of which is fixed at the end of ascale graduated in millimetres, along which theother slides (see Fig. 34). After separating the two 246 CRIMINAL MAN points three or four millimetres, they are placedon the finger-tips of the patient, who closes hiseyes and is asked to state whether he feels twopoints or one. Normal individuals feel the pointsas two when they are only 2 mm. or ; when, however, tactile sensibility is obtuse(as in most criminals) the points must be separatedfrom 3 to mm. or even more, before they arefelt a
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