DEVELOPMENT OF EXTERNAL NOSE IN WHITES AND NEGROES. 



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figure 6, which represents the lateral views of the heads of two white fetuses, both 

 in the beginning of the fifth month. The left one shows a very prominent nose 

 and the right one a typical nose for this age. The very prominent hooked nose of 

 a fetus (18 mm. sitting height) described by Gerlach (1884) as a normal variation, 

 is unquestionably pathological. The less prominent snub noses of negro fetuses 

 appear to be still flatter, owing to their deep nasal bridges and the usual existence 

 of protruding eyes in this race. Viewed from the side these specimens show only 



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FIGURE 6. Different degrees of prominence of the nose in white fetuses. 



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FIGURE 7. High and deep nasal bridge in white fetuses. 



the apical region of the nose projecting beyond the eye and cheek, a condition 

 similar to that found in the adults of some primitive races, as the Eskimos. A deep, 

 concave nasal profile is the rule in negroes and is not infrequent in young white 

 fetuses; the majority of white fetuses, however, show this concavity in only a slight 

 degree. Straight profiles are not rare among older white fetuses, but have been 

 found in only a very few negro ones. In three white fetuses, near full term, there 

 was observed even a slightly convex nasal profile. A "Greek profile," i. e., a high 

 nasal bridge running without break into the forehead, was noted in a few isolated 



