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XLVIII. COMPARISON OF THE PROPORTIONS AND INDEX OF THE SHAFT OF THE 
FEMUR AT MIDDLE, IN MUNSEE, WHITES, AND NEGROES. PAIRED BONES 
MALES 
Right Left 
Diameter] ,,- Diameter] |); 
antero- pee Index antero- Poe Index 
. posterior : posterior 
Munsee: cm. cm. cm. cm. 
PRECIMENS acess aee cee tae ae (16) (16) (16) (16) (16) (16) 
JANG cas GG nan CUE ee ee ee 2. 92 2.55 87.1 2. 90 2. 61 89.9 
United States whites: 
SDOCIINION Sern ee mes cee ee an an (66) (66) (66) (66) (66) (66) 
PAA OLAL Osetra eaten ote ieee re esicle oe 2.95 2. 84 96.3 2.95 2. 87 97.4 
United States negroes: : 
SDOCUHeN Ses sae oe -ee = -e (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) 
JN GUE? oj a8 2 ote aes See oe See eae 3. 06 2.77 90.5 3. 06 2.77 90.5 
FEMALES 
Munsee: 
SOM 5 on Shore gaeodee oa so aoe se (13) (13) (13) (13) (13) (13) 
PAW OT AS Oras ernest eee nee 2.58 2. 35 91.2 2. 48 2. 38 93.1 
United States whites: 
SO OCLINT OAS tera eee cieetenteee) eres ee ale (28) (28) (28) (28) (28) (28) 
PAV GUA Ohman aac ee / Aerie. - sect plain ne 2. 64 2. 58 97.7 2. 65 2. 63 99.5 
United States negroes: 
(SOMMERS SS aos seese ne nee ogocesaue (7) (7) (7) (7) (7) (7) 
AVIELEM ORS 2 ae oe es ek tee) eC eee 2. 68 2.53 94.4 2. 63 2. 58 98.1 
PLATYMERY 
Another anthropologically important region of the femur is the 
subtrochanteric flattening, which, as well known, has been studied in 
whites and in other races by Manouvrier and other observers.!. The 
flattening in question is situated below the minor trochanter, reaching 
its maximum at approximately 3 cm. below that point. It yields 
itself to two measurements, the maximum and the minimum diame- 
ter, and the percental relation of the latter to the former constitutes 
the platymeric index. This index is generally quite high in whites, in 
whom the flattening is but moderate. 
The next table shows the conditions found in this respect with re- 
gard to the Munsee, the United States whites, and the United States 
negroes. | 
‘See Hrdliéka, Report on Additional Skeletal Remains from Arkansas and Louisiana, Jour. Acad. 
Nat. Sci. Phila., x1v, 1909, pp. 215-216, 
