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THOMAS DWIGHT ON 



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202. Cat. 9379-53. 



Female, white, aet. 75. C. 7 (6), T. 11 

 (12), L. 5, S. 6, C. imperfect. The sternmn and 

 costal cartilages are in place. 



The interpretation of this spine is not easy, 

 especially as the sides differ. There is some 

 reason to hold that a cervical vertebra is wanting, 

 as the arrangement of the ribs and the costal 

 cartilages shows that the left ril) from the 7th 

 vertebra is a more perfect rib than any ce^■^'ical 

 rib yet described. The sacrnm is less normal than 

 that of the preceding specimen. The bones were 

 extremely friable, which must excuse some inju- 

 ries received in the preparation. There is a 

 moderate sclioliosis in the upjjer part of the back, 

 the convexity being to the right. The left side 

 of the chest is more prominent in front. The 

 manubrium is very asymmetrical. The left half is 

 al:)out normal, except tliat the clavicular notch is 

 more on the top than it should be, and reaches 

 almost to the middle line. On the right the notch 

 is very obliquely placed on the outer border of 

 the bone ; its lower border being more than half 

 an inch below the level of the left one. The 

 inferior border of the manulu'ium is a little lower 

 on the same side. 



The 6th cervical vertebra, seen from the 

 front, is on the left like a last cervical in the small 

 development of tlie anterior tubercle of the costal 

 element (the anterior transverse tubercle) . The 

 parts were probably in the same condition on the 

 right, but unfortunately are broken. The spinous 

 process rather suggests that of a 7th, but not 

 certainly. The 7th vertebra has on the left a rib 



