THE LUMBAR CURVE IN SOME AMERICAN RACES. 



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senile skeletons. In the males the highest total ol the 

 anterior depths is but 124 mm., the average is 117 mm., 

 and the lowest is 118 mm. 



Similar measurements for the females are : maximum 

 118 mm., average 112 mm., minimum 106 mm. To 

 make more cleai- the comparison between the normal 

 adult and senile condition of the length of the spine, at 

 any rate as fai- as thf lumbar region is concerned, I give 

 the figures in the following table : 



TABLE XIV. HEIGHT OF LUMBAR VERTEBRA:. 



2. rUZCO. TABLE XV. THREE MALES, THREE KKMALE.S. 



In this table, as in the one for Ancon, it may be noted 

 that the break in the curve in the males is between the 

 fourth and fifth lumbars and not between the third and 

 fourth lumbars as is the case in the North American 



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