2S l>H()('KF.|)IX(is OK THK ANATOMICAL AND ANTII UOl'OUKiH'AI. 



BONKS OK TitiNKs AND EXTKKMITIKS. 



}'<>i-t<'lini>. In most of the cists a number of vertebra- are pre- 

 served. The only peculiarity noted is in connection with the lumbar 

 vertebrae, 



In one case the lumbar vertebra- are all preserved, and the 

 vertical diameters of the bodies are as follows : 



Anterior vertical diameter 

 Posterior rf.rt.ical diameter 



Ll. L2. L3. L4. L5. Total. 



29 30 30 28 30 = 147 mm. 



30 31 31 31 26 = 149?Hwt. 



The depth of the five lumbar bodies together is greater behind 

 than the depth in front, while the last lumbar vertebra is the only 

 one in which the anterior depth is markedly greater than the pos- 

 terior. These are characteristics of the lumbar spine in the dark races 

 of man. 



Unfortunately in this one ease only is there a complete series 

 of lumbar vertebra), but in five cists the last lumbar vertebra is pre- 

 served so as to admit of the diameters of its body being taken as in 

 the following table. 



VEETICAL DIAMETERS IN MM. OF LAST LUMBAR VERTEBRAE. 



In these five last lumbar vertebra* there is an average difference 

 of i>-4 mm. between the anterior and posterior vertical diameters, a 

 difference distinctly greater than what obtains in the average modern 



