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Anthropological Investigations. 

 Abnormalities of the Body — (Continued). 



Abdomen : 



umbilical hernia 



inguinal hernia, left 



flight hip prominent 



Buttocks : 



gluteal fold loDg 



gluteal fold very short 



gluteal fold oblique 



buttocks very prominent 



gluteal fold inclined to right. 



Abnormalities of the Genitals. 



Number of children examined . 

 Total number of abnormalities 



Penis very large 



very long 



very short 



very small 



Glans small 



Penis flexed to left. 



Phimoses 



Piepuce adherent 



contracted 



narrow 



very long and thickened 



Hypospadiasis 



Scrotum almost absent 



Testicles absent 



One testicle absent 



One testicle not descended (but palpable) 

 Both testicles not descended " " 

 letticles very small 



relatiTely large 



Varicocele on left testicle 



White spots on base of penis 



634 



277 



1 

 5 

 9 

 1 

 1 



32 



193 



1 



10 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 6 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



274 



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The principal facts which the preceding data reflect are the 

 following-: 



The variety of the irregularities observed in the children of the 

 Juvenile Asylum is very great. There is no one, nor any set of the 

 abnormalities, which runs through such a number of subjects, that 

 we could consider it typical of the asylum children, or of any similar 

 class. There is no abnormal type of individuals present in the insti- 

 tution: whatever abnormal individuals there may be there are but 

 exceptions. 



A very large proportion of the observed abnormalities is of but 

 a slight character, and of very little objective or subjective effect on 



