LECTURE II. 



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large, the foreliead is arched, the brain more developed, so to 

 speak, than any other part of the body ; the jaws especially are 

 remarkably slightly developed, the teeth are absent. During 

 the first year, the growth is accordingly greater in the face 



Fig. 9. Vertical section of the skull of Cebus apella, natural size. Descrip- 

 tion the same as in the two preceding figures. 



than in the cranium. Hence it follows that Camper's facial 

 angle is larger in the child than in the adult ; and if the facial 

 angle were to be the sole measure of cerebral development and 

 of intelligence, the child would be intellectually in advance of 



