NO. I 



THE HYPOTROCHANTF.RIC FOSSA HRDLICKA 



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The data 011 the fossa in lelal V\\c and infancy follow: 



Hypotrochanteric Fossa in Fetal and Infantile Femora of U. S. Whites 



" As extracted from the body; all measurements by 

 f" In a femur of 2.2 cm. 



" As extracted from the body; all measurements by the writer. 

 ' In a femur of 2.95. 



The American Negro series, regrettably, includes admixture of 

 white blood and cannot therefore be fully representative. At it is, 

 the two racial groups show no great differences, and some of those 

 that do appear are doubtless due largely to insufficiency in number. 

 Shortly before term (femur length 6 to 6.95 cm), when the numliers 



