LECTURE II. 



63 



Carl Ernst von Baer. 



Names. 



Horizontal cir- 

 cumf. wanting. 



Longitudinal 

 circumference. 



Chord of tlie 

 longitudinal 

 circumference. 



Length of cra- 

 nial vertebrae. 



Occipital cir- 

 cumference. 



Refer.! 



to the 



figures] 



Directions and Points determining 

 tlae measurements. 



Internal circum- 

 ference. 



CIRCUMFERENCES. 

 Across the glabella and 

 the greatest prominence 

 of the occiput. 



As in Virchow and 

 Welcker. 



b a. 



From the anterior mar- 

 gin of the occipital fora- 

 men to the foramen cse ■ 

 cum. 



From the posterior mar- 

 gin of the mastoid, at 

 the same height as 

 the aural aj^erture, to 

 the same point on the 

 other side across the 

 vertex. 



In the bisected skull on 

 the inner side, from the 

 foramen caecum along 

 the arch, to the foramen 



References to Busk's Sys- 

 tem, ami otlier remarlis. 



Horizontal circum- 

 ference. 



Longitudinal cir- 

 cumference. 



Wanting in all 

 others. 



