PKOGUES.S OF ANTllKUPOLOGY IX 1<S!)2. 473 



tiiictiou when lnouiilit into contact with liigluM' cultnrc. and llicir self- 

 annihilation. The earth as inodilicd by luunan action is an <dd thcMnc, 

 bnt with the new lijiht of modern science the books of (Vnyot and 

 Ritter and Marsh may be re-written. Tlie anthor of this series has 

 qnalilietl himself for this task by a series of lectnres, the repetition of 

 which has made him (juite familiar with all phases of the snbject. 



Anihropometnj. — ])r. K. Collii;non, of Cherbouri;-, Fran<;e, issued a 

 Projet d'Entente Internationale pour arreter un Programme Commnu 

 de Eecherclies Antliropolog'iques. The object of this projet is to bring 

 about uniformity everywhere in the matter of bodily measurements, 

 fu reading up the action of the several national associations and inter- 

 national congresses the reader will see that the old struggle for agree- 

 ment concerning common measures and method goes on. The convic- 

 tion is continually strengtiiened that no goo<l results can precede such 

 agreement. 



M. Etienne Ilollct ]>nl)lished in Revue tScientifique in August (vol. 

 50, p. 170-17.")) a tabhi of coethcients for deducing stature from the 

 measurement of the long bones. 



Multiply the lengtli of the long bone named by the coefficient in the 

 table to obtain the stature. The worth of the i)ublication is greatly 

 enhanced by a nniltitude of references to authorities. 



In his work entitled L' Homme dans la Nature (Paris, 1801, JJalliere), 

 Paul Topinard makes the following resume of his studies: 



First Siil)-orilcr— Mau. 



r First faniily, Anthropoids. 



Second faniily. ritliecida-. 

 Second 8nf)-order. Tli(3 Monkeys, t r,,, • , ,. •, ' V< , • , 



[ 1 liiid laniily, Celuda'. 



I Fourth faniily, Arct<)])itlie(ida' 



Third Sub-order — Tlie Feninis. 



\X<tii(ri\ Fond., Mar. 17. 1S02. 



In comiiaring woman's brain with man's, Prof, (Jrichton IJrowne con- 

 firms the inferiority of the former, amounting to thirty grammes, cor- 

 rection made of the coetlicient of stature, lie has pro\-ed that the 

 frontal lobes are not so well irrigated by the blood, and that, on the 

 contrary, the circulation of blood is more active in the posterior and 

 superior iiortions. The ])osterior ])arts of the eiu'ephalon, cervelet, and 

 occijntal lobes are more develojied in women, and that their left brain 

 weighs less than their right brain. Tlie convolutions are less compli- 

 cated than in men. The caliber of the internal and the vertebral car- 

 otid present marked differences in the two sexes. Whence it results 

 that the (listril)ution of blood m the brains of the two sexes differ 



