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mon in Indians, particularly in adults below 50 and in the females. 

 Even when present the condition is rarely pronounced. A special 

 inquiry on this point resulted as follows: 



Baldness 



Tribe. 



Apache . 

 Pueblos. 



Hopi. 



Zufli 



Papago. 



Maricopa. 



Mohave 



Yuma 



Yaqui 



Tarahumare. 



Huichol 



Cora 



Tarasco . 



Otomi a. 



No. 

 sub- 

 jects 

 exiini' 

 ined. 



Males. 



Remarks. 



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No. 41, moderate, frontal 



No. 2.5, some baldness, vertex; No. 40, 

 some frontal baldness; No. 88, con- 

 siderable frontal baldness. 



No. 20, moderate anterior baldness; 

 No. 32, bald, anteriorly; No. 46, some 

 anterior baldness. 



Females. 



No. 

 sub- 

 jects 

 exam- 

 ined 



No. 9, slight baldness on top; No. 18, 

 some thinness on top. 



No. 11, some loss in front; No. 38, some- 

 what scarce all over; No. 49, some 

 calvitia on top. 



No. 2, considerable superior baldness; 

 No. 6, some scarcity over vertex; 

 No. 16, some scarcity over frontal 

 region . 



No. 38, moderate, frontal 



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No. 8, some baldness over frontal. 



No. 58, slight baldness on 

 top. 



No. 12, thimiess, general; No. 20, some 

 thinness, general; No. 25, some thin- 

 ness, general; No. 27, some thinness, 

 general; No. 34, thinness, general; 

 No. 35, quite thin, especially over 

 frontal; No. 39, thinness, general; 

 No. 44, thinness, general; No. 45, 

 slight thinness, general. 



No. 4, many lost (not through pres- 

 sure); No. 23, some lost over frontal 

 and top. 



No. 5, a considerable number lost, front 

 and vertex; No. 17, many lost; No. 28. 

 many lost over frontal. 



No. 2, many lost over frontal bone; 

 No. 49, many lost over frontal bone. 



a Many men of this tribe show a thinning of hair over the frontal bone at the spot where passes the 

 strap which holds the burdens they carry. Such baldness, being of mechanical origin, was not included 



in the above data. 



The above table shows that out of 718 physically well-preserved 

 males below 65 years of age, 33, or 4.6 per cent, showed some degree 

 of baldness; among 377 females there was but one who was slightly 

 bald (2.6 per thousand). 



