II. IillINkWATi:!!. 



STIllV OK A r,l;Ai;lh|)AC.TVI,nrs iwmii.v. 



\Mi;il sirilvcs (uic :ilioiil liic Imiiil iiT lliis woman is ///<• .s7/o/7«ess of Ihc 

 miiliflr /i/ir(l>ni.r in c/nii /iitt/rr. Il islo lliis |icciiliari[y Ihat Iho shorlening of 

 Mil' Ii.iikI is principallx dm'. In llie itorinnl lininl llii- inidiUc |ihalanx is inler- 



Miii.ir-llradn.lnilvh 



)iii.l,l|p pli;il;irix is \cry slinil. 



S in Ihis woniaii il is llie 



médiate in Icnglh belwcon Ihc liisl aii<l lliird. w 

 shorlest ol' llie three. 



Ail llie phalanges arc seen lo be distincl and sepcirate : lliere is no union 

 (ankylosis) of Ihe second to the terminal plialanx, such as had occurred in No I 

 family in every individual in Ihe firsl and lillle tingers, and frequently in the 

 middle and ring fingers also (See ligure (1). riie variation of the bones from 

 Ihe normal lype is shown is outline in figure 7. where A. reprcsenls those of 

 a nornial finger, B. those of a " Minor brachydactylous "' finger and C. those ol 

 a " brachydactylous " finger from N" 1 family. The phalanges are numbcred 

 I . '2. and .l ; in eachcase:ô being the lenninal une which supporis Ihe fmger- 

 nail. 



In C. il will lie obsiTNcd Ihal Ihe second plialanx l'J) and llic Ihii-iliT)) hâve 

 licconie nnilcd into onc lionc, whilsl in 11 Ihe seconil phalanx is shori liiil re- 

 inaiiis as a scparalc lionc. 



