﻿NO. I 



NATIVES OF KHARGA OASIS HRDLICKA 



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THE NOSE 

 Nasal Height 



The dimensions of the nose are among the most useful and most 

 frequently practiced anthropometrical determinations, and as there 

 is but one system of landmarks for the measurements, the data avail- 

 able for comparison are much more numerous than those concerning 

 other facial proportions. Unfortunately the existing series of nose 

 measurements are not of uniform value, for the reason that, to those 

 who are not well trained in anatomy, the determination of the nasion 



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point is often a stumbling block ; and also because the pronounced 

 effect of age on the nose dimensions, which have received as yet but 

 scanty attention. A habitual estimation of the nasion too high or too 

 low, which is doubtless frequent in those who do not carry a clear 

 mental view of the osseous parts of the face, is capable of resulting 

 in important modifications of the results ; and any series in which 

 nose measurements of persons of old age are included must be 

 legarded as altered from its normal standard in proportion to the 

 number of the aged it embraces. The age differences in this respect 



