42 J. V. HuLTKEANTZ 



do there exist, so far as I know, any statements of Emanuel Sweden- 

 bobg's having suffered from any disease which could produce any vi- 

 sible alterations in the skeleton. 



The measurements of the bones of the extremities, made in 

 connection with the investigation of the coffin, were chiefly conducted 

 with a view to giving information as to Swedenboeg's stature, for 

 which reason only the length dimensions of the bones were taken. 

 The results obtained are collected in the first column of Tab. IL The 

 left forearm was not in a condition to enable the taking of exact 

 measurements. The second column in the same table contains the 

 values of the body-length corresponding to the figures in the first co- 

 lumn, calculated according to Manouveiee's '^ metod. This author 

 has on thé basis of measurements of corpses, made by Dr. E. Rollet 

 27 of Lyons, calculated the proportions between the length of the bones 

 of the extremities and the length of the entire body, and set up tables 

 in which the last-mentioned measurement can be directly read off from 

 the measurements of the individual bones. The probable error in these 

 calculations, according to Manouveiee, amounts to only about 3 cm., 

 and when one has opportunity to draw one's conclusions from all or 

 at least from the most of the bones of the extremities of the same 

 individual, the result ought, of course, to be still more certain. 



Several objections might be made to Manouveiee's calculations; 

 this, however, is not the place for any critical examination of them, 

 but it ought to be sufficient to call attention to the point that it cer- 

 tainly does not follow that the bodily proportions of the men of 

 Southern France fully correspond to those of Swedes. However^ since 

 we do not possess any similar investigations of other races, we must 

 fall back upon Manouveiee's tables, and must content ourselves with 

 the observation that the disparity of the bodily proportions between 

 the different European peoples is, in any case, not so very great, and 

 of course only approximate values can come into question. 



It is evident from Tab. IL that the figures for the body-length 

 are very different, according to whether one bone or another is taken 

 as the basis for the calculation. The left humerus, for instance, gives 

 a calculated body-length of only 1620 mm. while the thigh bone of 

 the same side gives 1685 mm. Taking the average of all the figures 

 in the second column, a value of 1647 mm. is obtained, which there- 

 fore ought to represent Swedenboeg's approximate body-length. Now, 

 however, Manouveiee's tables refer to measurements taken after death 



