4 I. W. Bbaune u. f. E. Glasen. Die Nebenhöhlen der menschl. Nase 



In the cranium of the flat - skulled Indian , inhabiting the neigh- 

 bourhood of the Columbia River, the frontal cells present a remar- 

 kable contrast to those of the African negro. It is customary with 

 these people to apply artificial compression, during the early part of 

 life, so as to prevent the normal expansion of the summit of the cra- 

 nium. The result of this stränge and unnatural habit is a skull 

 almost flat, instead of highly convex; and an extremely receding or 

 shallow forehead, with scarcely any development of the frontal cells 

 or sinuses, which, you will observe, are barely traceable in the speci- 

 men before me, of which a section has been made. The influence of 



Fis. 1. 



Querschnitt eines Negerschädels mit colossalen Stirnhöhlen. 

 Copie einer Abbildung in Babkow's comparativer Morphologie. 



the compression seems not only to have interfered with, but almost 

 to have completely arrested, the development of these accessory cavi- 

 ties to the nasal apparatus. It would, therefore, form an extremely 

 ihteresting subject of inquiry to ascertain if these flatskulled Indians 

 possessed the sense of smell in a less degree of functional perfection 

 than other humain beings. Certain it is, that in ordinary individuals, 

 where the frontal cells exist, but have become invaded by disease, 

 the function of smell is confiderably deteriorated." 



Mit diesen Angaben über die Grösse der Stirnhöhlen bei den 

 Afrikanischen Negern stimmt Barkow (Comparative Morphologie^ 



