CATALOGUE 



OP 



HUMAN CRANIA 



IN THE COLLECTION OF THE 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF PHILADELPHIA: 

 . Based upom the Third Edition of Dr. Morton's " Catalogue of Skulls," &c. 



BY 



J. AITKEN MEIGS, M. D. 



Librarian of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, &c. 



" Of all the peculiarities in the form of the bony fabric, those of the skull are the most striking 

 and distinguishing. It is in the head that we find the varieties most strongly characteristic of 

 different races." Prichard. 



' Hence our zoological study of man will be greatly assisted by carefully examining genuine speci- 

 mens of the skulls of different nations, which are easily prepared and preserved, may be conve- 

 niently handled and surveyed, considered in various points of view, and compared to each other." 

 Lawkence. 



PHILADELPHIA 



1857. 



