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done upon the left side, but that the measurements of both 

 sides be taken in the cases of the acromial and trochanteric 

 heights above the ground. 



(d) Observers are requested to always carefully indicate their 

 methods and their instrumentation. 



(e) It is very strongly recommended to all persons wishing to do 

 any anthropometric work not to be content with a theoretical 

 study of the principles of mensuration, but to learn them 

 practically in one of the different laboratories in which they 

 are taught.* 



A certain number of prescriptions for the measurement of the living 

 head (some 19) was included in the prescription of 1906, at Monaco, 

 which form the basis of all later proposals. Certain measurements of 

 the trunk and limbs were decided upon during the session of 1912, at 

 Geneva, and are equally fundamental. In the list which follows, and 

 which includes, not only the measurements of the two original lists, but 

 others that have received general approval since then, the former are 

 marked *by an asterisk. These lists, in their original form, may be found 

 as follows : 



1. Skulls and living heads, Monaco 1906. 



French; L'Anthropologie, T. 17, 1906, pp. 559-572; reported by 



Papillault. 



English; Journ. Roy. Anthrop. Inst. reported by Duckworth. 

 II. Trunk and limbs of the living, Geneva, 1912. 



French; L'Anthropologie, T. 23. 1912, pp. 623-627, reported by 



Rivet. 

 Italian; Rivista di Antropologia, 1912, Vol. XXII Fasc. III. 



pp. 1-15 reported by Frassetto. 



German; Korrespondenzbl. der Deutschen Anthropol. Gesell. 

 1913, Jahrg. XLIV, No. 1. Publ. in Archiv fur Anthropolo- 

 gie; reported by Schlaginhaufen. 



English; Journ. Roy. Anthrop. Inst. reported by Duckworth. 

 (6) Lists of Usual Measurements 



A. ON THE HEAD 



1. Linear measurements. 



1. Maximum head length (g-op) 



2. Glabella-inion length (g-i) 



3. Maximum head-breadth (eu-eu) 



4. Least frontal breadth (ft-ft) 



5. Bizygomatic breadth (zy-zy) 



6. Bigonial breadth (go-go) 



* The italics are those, of the present author; the translation is free, after the 

 French version (L'Anthropologie, T. 23, 1912, pp. 623-627, by RIVET). 



