A CLINICAL STUDY OF THE SKULL. 



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base of the coronoid process can be outlined in emaciated subjects. 

 The condyles of the lower jaw are the most variable of any part of 

 the bone. Of necessity the general shape of the articular surfaces 

 cannot be made out in the living subject, but the tubercle to which 

 is attached the external lateral ligament can easily be felt. When 

 the lower jaw is depressed the finger can define the outer half 

 (nearly) of the condylar surface. 



Fig. 2. — Lower jaw of an Esquimaux, showing hyperostosis on the lin- 

 gual aspect of the horizontal ramus. (No. 173, A. N. S.) 



In the specimens of the lower jaw of the cranium of an Esqui- 

 maux in the A. N. S. an elongated swelling was noted lying on the 



