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The dimensions of the upper extremities, and of the foot, are 

 these : 



Foot Inch. 



Length of the arm .... 1 1-^1 



of the fore arm ... .0 9-j^j 



« of the hand from the tip of the mid- 

 dle finger, to the articulation at the wrist 7 

 Length of the foot 7-$y 



" Now we find, on comparing the principal of these dimensions, 

 with those of the Venus de Medicis, as given by Winkelman, 

 Camper, and others, that the difference between them is so slight, 

 as not to deserve notice. Our mummy is that of a person rather 

 taller. The celebrated Medicean statue, which stands as the re- 

 presentative of a perfect beauty, is five feet in height, like our 

 mummy, and the relative admeasurements of the arm, fore-arm, 

 and hand, in each, are precisely similar." 



Having adverted to the dimensions of the pelvis, and to those 

 of the cranium, Dr. G. remarks, that "Cuvier's opinion respecting 

 the Caucasian origin of the Egyptians, founded on his examina- 

 tion of upwards of fifty heads of mummies, is corroborated by the 

 preceding observations ; and that the systems, which were founded 

 on the Negro form, are destroyed by almost all the recent, and 

 certainly the most accurate, investigations of this interesting sub- 

 ject. It is a curious fact, which has been noticed by more than 

 one traveller, that whole families are to be found in Upper Egypt, 

 in whom the general character of the head and face strongly re- 

 sembles that of the best mummies discovered in the hypogei of 

 Thebes ; and not less so, the human figures represented in the 

 ancient monuments of that country." 



Our author next gives a rapid sketch of the history of Egyptian 

 mummies in general, and then proceeds to detail the appearances 

 that occurred upon the dissection of his specimen. 



An incision having been made into the parietes of the abdo- 

 men, just below the ribs, and continued down to the hip-bone, on 

 both sides, and carried along the margin of the pubis, the whole 

 of the integuments and muscles were removed, so as to expose 

 that cavity completely to view. The objects which then pre- 

 sented themselves were a portion of the stomach adhering to the 

 diaphragm, the spleen much reduced in size and flattened, at- 

 tached to the super-renal capsule of the left kidney, and the left 

 kidney itself imbedded in, but not adhering to the latter, and re- 

 taining its ureter, which descended into the bladder. This, as 

 well as the uterus and its appendages, were observed in situ, exhi- 

 biting strong marks of having been in a diseased state for some 

 time previously to the death of the individual. Fragments only 

 of the intestinal tube could be found, some of them of considerable 



