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The deformation was not observed in any instance to have produced 

 disease of the brain or abnormahty of its functions. It is the only 

 form of artificial deformation of the head that exists or ever existed 

 among our southwestern Indians or ainoni:; the Indians of northern 

 Mexico. 



The following; table shows the proportion of individuals with vari- 

 ous forms and tirades of occipital compression found in the different 

 tribes among those who were measured and examined: 



