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Show 132 Circumference over the orbital ridges and the superior semi-circular lines of the occipital. 590 (590) = 23·37" or 23" Width of the frontal from the middle of the temporal line on one side to the same point on the opposite . . 104 (114) = 4·1" - 4·5''. Length of the frontal from the nasal process to the coronal suture . . 133 (125) = 5·25" - 5". Extreme width of the frontal si-nuses 25 (23) = 1·0" - o·9". Vertical height above a line joining the deepest notches in the squamous border of the pa-rietals . 70 2·75". Width of hinder part of skull from one parietal protuberance to the other . 138 (150) = 5·4" - 5·9". Distance from the uppe:t angle of the occipital to the superior semicircularlines 51 (60) = 1·9" - 2·4". Thickness of the bone at the pa-rietal protuberance . 8. -at the angle of the occipital 9. -- at the superior semicircular line of the occipital • 10 = 0·3". Besides the cranium, the following bones have been secured:----. 1. Both thigh-bones, perfect. These, like the skull, and all the other bones, are characterized by their unusual thickness, and the great development of all the elevations and depressions for the attachment of muscles. In the A'natomical Museum at Bonn, under the designation of "Giant'sbones," are some recent thigh-bones, with which in thick- 133 ness the foregoing pretty nearly correspond, although they are shorter. Giant's bones. Fossil bones. mm. mm. .Length. . 542 = 21·4" •.. 438 = 17·4". Diameter of head of femur. 54= 2'14'' ... 53= 2·0". " of lower articular end, from one condyle to the other . 89= 3·5" 87 = 3·4''. Diameter of femur in the middle . 33 = 1·2" •.• 30= 1·1". 2. A perfect right humerus, whose size shows that it belongs to the thigh-bones. Length • Thickness in the middle . Diameter of head . mm. . 312 = 12·3". 26 = 1·0". 49 = 1•9''. Also a perfect right radius of corresponding dimensions) and the upper~ third of a right . ulna corresponding to the humerus and radius. 3. A left humerus, of which the upper-third is wanting, and which is so much slenderer than the right as apparently to belong to a distinct individual; a left ulna, which, though complete, is pathologically deformed, the coronoid process being so much enlarged by bony growth, that flexure of the elbow beyond a right angle must have been impossible; the anterior fossa of the humerus for the reception of the coronoid process being also filled up with a similar bony growth. At the same time, the olecranon is curved strongly downwards. As the bone presents no sign of rachitic degeneration, it may be supposed that an injury sustained during life was the cause of the anchylosis. · When the left ulna is compared with the right radius, it might at first sight be concluded that the bones respectively belonged to different individuals, the ulna being more than half an inch too short for articulation with a corresponding radius. But it is clear |