Anthropology. K 1 7 



Art au(l medieval armor find their resting place at present in the 

 Corcoran Art Gallery. 



In 18S5 was organized in Washington the Woman's Anthroi)ological 

 Society, v»ith Mrs. Tilly Stevenson as president, and Miss Sarah Scull 

 as corresponding secretary. The object of this association is twofold — 

 to conduct investigations to which the avenues are especially open to 

 women, and to encourage the sex in the prosecution of scientific work. 



The Iilcole d'Anthropologie, of Paris, carried through successfully dur- 

 ing the year the following programme: 



Zoologic Anthropology. — M. Mathias Duval. Anthropogeny and Em- 

 bryology compared; study of the first phases of development. 



General Anthropology. — Dr. Paul Topinard. Analytical study of ra- 

 cial characteristics; difference between races and i)eoples; evolution of 

 races in time. 



Frehistoric Anthropology. — M. de Mortillet. Les 'J'emps photohisto- 

 riques. 



Ethnology. — M. Dally. 1. Description of human races; their geo- 

 graphical distribution; races supposed to be pure, crosses of certain 

 ethnic groups. 2. Sociology according to Compte & Spencer. 



IJnguistic Anthroijology. — M. Hovelacque. Language in its relations 

 to races and peoj)les. 



Medical Geography. — M. Bordier. Influences of environment and in 

 particular of social environment upon the production, progress, and 

 spread of diseases. 



Complementary course. — Zoologic Anthropology. M. Herve. Paral- 

 lelisms of anatomy between man and the higher animals. Comparative 

 anatomy of the muscles and the viscera. Comparative and human tera- 

 tology; monstrosities in general. 



Biologic Anthropology. — M. Blanchard. General physiological resem- 

 blances between man and the animals. 



Composite Photography is taking its place among the instruments of 

 anthropology, in one case the handwriting having been subjected to its 

 methods in order to arrive at the ty]>e or mean expression of each letter. 

 In this case the purpose was t'o detect fraud. Dr. Xeubauer has made 

 an excellent study of the race types of the Jews, followed up by Mr. 

 Jacobs with a similar investigation concerning the modern Jews. His 

 composite photographs of Jewish lads will be examined with great in- 

 terest. 



A serious j^roblem in deductive anthropology is a graphic method of 

 illustration, which, while it exhibits means and averages, at the same 

 time does not conceal individualities. Tables of means have long given 

 dissatisfiiction. Binomial curves are of great use up to three or fojir 

 series, after that, colors must be used, the printing of which is expen- 

 sive. It has been the practice with the author of this summary in show- 

 ing the distribution of mounds, «S:;c.. to take a county or township map, 

 and to put a dot or other plain symbol for each mound, heaj), work, &c. 

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