

SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN. 



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Altogether my records extend to 8,567 males and 6,577 females 

 belonging to Central and Western Germany, Scotland, England, 

 Wales and Ireland ; and include representatives of the insane, 

 criminal and vagrant classes. To give at length all the data I 

 have accumulated and to discuss the various results and conclusions 

 I have reached would occupy far too much of your time. I intend to 

 deal with my subject only in so far as it relates to the people in the 

 North of Scotland. 



I take this opportunity of expressing my indebtedness to those 

 gentlemen who have afforded me the opportunity of obtaining data 

 relating to the insane. In this matter I am particularly indebted to 

 Dr. William Reid. 



So far I have merely mentioned the manner in which I have 

 noted down the observations as they were made in the street. When 

 a sufficient number of observations had been made, they were then 

 classified and summed up. For an illustration I will take the obser- 

 vations made on the lobule of the ear of inhabitants of Aberdeen. 

 The accompanying table shows the result : 



TABLE II. 

 DEVELOPMENT OF LOBULE IN INHABITANTS OF ABEEDEEN. 



Note. The figures in brackets represent the numbers in which the lobule was completely adherent. 



Thus, in 473 men I estimated tha f the lobule was less than 

 5 mm. in depth in 117, between 5-10 mm. in 111, between 10-15 mm. 



