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" The Spinal Curvature in an Aboriginal Australian." By 

 D. J. CUNNINGHAM, M.D. (Edin. and DubL), Professor of 

 Anatomy in the University of Dublin. Communicated by 

 Sir W. TURNER, F.R.S. Received January 14, Read Janu- 

 ary 24, 1889. 



When the lumbar vertebras of a native Australian, or of several 

 other low races of man, are placed in apposition, the centra form a 

 curved column, with the concavity directed to the front. In other 

 words, the bodies of the lumbar vertebrae are not moulded as in the 

 European, but are wedge-shaped in the opposite direction. This con- 

 dition can be expressed and contrasted in the different races by 

 formulating a lumbo-vertebral index. In calculating this index the 

 anterior vertical diameter of the vertebral body is taken as the standard, 



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