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Mino7'-Brachydactyly 



Fig. 14 is taken from an adult member of this minor-brachydactylous 

 family. 



The measurements so far as they have been made are given in the 

 following table. 



Measurements of Abnormcds. 



Scanty as the figures are they indicate very decidedly two charac- 

 teristics, viz. : 



(1) The shortness of the fingers. 



(2) The shortness of stature. 



(1) The average length of the middle finger of the seven adults 

 (male and female) is 2*57 inches which is fully three-quarters of an inch 

 less than the normal. 



The shortness of the hand of the boy (No. 21) is shown not only 

 by the photograph (Fig. 2) but by comparison with the hands of two 

 of his younger brothers as shown in the following table : 



(2) The shortness of stature is well shown by the photograph of 

 No. 21 (aged 14) and his younger brother (aged 12) who is normal and 

 the taller of the two. (Fig. 15.) 



The average stature of the four women Nos. 7, 12, 13 and 14 is 

 58'6 inches and of the three men Nos. 5, 8 and 10, 61"5 inches. 



