The etiology of osseous deformities of the head, face, jaws and teeth . eems to be a direct relation between the length and angle of the basilar pro-cess and intelligence. Dr. Clevenger called attention to the angle of the medullaas bearing upon intelligence, years ago. but Dr. Lydstons observations,although confirmatory of those of Clevenger, were made independently, as hehad not had access to the work of the latter. THE HEAD, FACE, JAWS AND TEETH 141 The next specimen (Fig. 34) presents some extraordinaryfeatures. It is the skull of a celebrated negro panel-Avorker,confidence-operator and de
The etiology of osseous deformities of the head, face, jaws and teeth . eems to be a direct relation between the length and angle of the basilar pro-cess and intelligence. Dr. Clevenger called attention to the angle of the medullaas bearing upon intelligence, years ago. but Dr. Lydstons observations,although confirmatory of those of Clevenger, were made independently, as hehad not had access to the work of the latter. THE HEAD, FACE, JAWS AND TEETH 141 The next specimen (Fig. 34) presents some extraordinaryfeatures. It is the skull of a celebrated negro panel-Avorker,confidence-operator and desperado, who, at the time of hisdeath, was the consort of a notorious courtesan who flourishedin Chicago some years ago. This individual, after some years dalliance with the lawwithout especial harm to himself, was finally knifed in abrawl. A front view of the cranium shows the ordinary andcharacteristic negro facial type, with the exception, perhaps,that the bones are exceptionally massive and well marked difference is noticed in the orbits. The risht is. Fig. 35. nearly round, while the left is quite deformed at its outerlower corner. Unfortunately the inferior maxilla is absent,a fact which we greatly deplore, as the general cranialdevelopment suggests to us the probability that the missingpart presented some very interesting features for considera-tion. A lateral view of this cranium shows the ordinarydolichocephalic negro type. The cranial index is low, A comparison with Fig. 31, however, shows theextreme degeneracy of type in the latter to great view of this skull (Fig. 35), after a section of the cal-varium has been removed, shows its most interesting feat-ures. Skulls of such extreme thickness, even among negroes. 142 ETIOLOGY OF OSSEOUS DEFORMITIES OF are rarely met with. The consistency of the bone in thiscranium is very dense and hard, and traditionally this negro,while alive, was noted for his butting propensities. Violentcontact w
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