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6. Length of the Thigh Portion of the Lower Limb. — This measurement 

 has been obtained by subtracting the length of the leg and foot portion 

 from the total length of the lower limbs, and is as follows : — 



The proportions contributed by the different parts -which go to make 

 up the corrected mean stature of the males from the previous figures are 

 as follows : head, neck, and trunk, 52'7 per cent. ; the lower limbs from 

 the level of the tuber ischia downwards, 4-7'B per cent. Of the latter the 

 thigh portion contributes 22-4 per cent, of the stature, and the leg and 

 height of the foot 24-9 per cent. 



In the females the head, neck, and trunk contribute 53-6 per cent., 

 and the lower limbs 46'4 per cent. Of the latter the thigh portion 

 forms 22-3 per cent., and the leg and height of the foot 24-1 per cent, of 

 the stature. 



7. Vertical Projection of Head. — This is the vertical length of the 

 head from its vertex to the tinder-surface of the chin, and is as follows : — • 



The small difference between the vertical length of the head in the 

 males and females is doubtless due to the fashion in which the latter 

 dress the hair, elevating it on the top of the head, which renders it diffi- 

 cult to obtain this measurement with accuracy. This remark is applicable 

 also to all measurements made from the vertex. In such «ieasurements 

 as the stature, where the figures are much greater than those of the head, 

 the error is proportionately less, and consequently less observable. 



8. Vertical Length from Vertex to Mouth. — This is measured to the line 

 of junction of the upper and lower lips in the mesial line of the head. 



In this measurement the remarks regarding the error in measurements 

 from the vertex of the head in the females is still more obvious. 



9. Vertical Length from Vertex to Tragus. — The lower point of measure- 

 ment is at the pit at the upper edge of the root of the zygomatic arch, 

 and corresponds to the middle of the tragus ; it is strictly analogous to 

 the upper edge or border of the meatus auditorius, and represents the 

 height of the cranium from this point. 



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