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  TWENTY-FIRST 
  REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  STATE 
  CABINET. 
  

  

  GENERAL 
  DIMENSIONS 
  OP 
  THE 
  COHOES 
  SKELETON" 
  AS 
  MOUNTED. 
  

  

  Feet. 
  Ineh.efl. 
  

  

  Length 
  in 
  a 
  direct 
  line 
  14 
  3 
  

  

  Length 
  following 
  the 
  curve 
  of 
  the 
  spinal 
  column 
  20 
  6 
  

  

  Width 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  at 
  the 
  7th 
  rib 
  3 
  5| 
  

  

  E^vation 
  of 
  the 
  crest 
  of 
  the 
  scapula 
  8 
  4 
  

  

  Elevation 
  of 
  the 
  crest 
  of 
  the 
  pelvis. 
  8 
  4 
  

  

  Elevation 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  . 
  , 
  8 
  11 
  

  

  Elevation 
  of 
  the 
  spine 
  of 
  the 
  2d 
  dorsal 
  vertebra 
  8 
  10 
  

  

  Elevation 
  of 
  the 
  spine 
  of 
  the 
  8th 
  dorsal 
  vertebra 
  9 
  3 
  

  

  General 
  Notes 
  Regarding 
  the 
  Skeleton. 
  

  

  Head 
  — 
  Jaw. 
  — 
  The 
  entire 
  distortion 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  before 
  alluded 
  

   to, 
  may 
  be 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  non-appearance 
  of 
  the 
  sixth 
  right 
  molar 
  

   tooth 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  jaw. 
  The 
  left 
  ramus 
  is 
  entire 
  and 
  appears 
  to 
  

   be 
  normally 
  shaped. 
  It 
  bears 
  in 
  position 
  the 
  fifth 
  and 
  sixth 
  molars. 
  

   In 
  front 
  is 
  a 
  surface 
  an 
  inch 
  and 
  one-half 
  square, 
  that 
  indicates 
  the 
  

   place 
  of 
  the 
  socket 
  (now 
  entirely 
  filled) 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  molar. 
  The 
  

   body 
  of 
  the 
  right 
  ramus 
  is 
  a 
  half 
  inch 
  shorter 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  left; 
  

   at 
  the 
  middle 
  it 
  is 
  an 
  inch 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  less 
  in 
  depth. 
  The 
  

   3-ridged 
  molar 
  (its 
  only 
  tooth), 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  far 
  advanced 
  as 
  that 
  on 
  

   the 
  left 
  side 
  by 
  an 
  inch 
  ; 
  it 
  inclines 
  forward 
  about 
  30°, 
  so 
  that 
  

   its 
  anterior 
  cusp 
  is 
  raised 
  only 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  above 
  the 
  

   bone, 
  and 
  is 
  three 
  inches 
  and 
  three-eighths 
  lower 
  than 
  its 
  mate 
  (?) 
  

   on 
  the 
  left 
  side. 
  The 
  right 
  ramus 
  is 
  seven-eighths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  

   broader 
  than 
  the 
  left 
  at 
  the 
  fifth 
  (?) 
  molar; 
  and 
  as 
  much 
  narrower 
  

   at 
  the 
  point 
  where 
  the 
  sixth 
  should 
  appear. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  indication 
  

   that 
  the 
  sixth 
  molar 
  was 
  ever 
  cut, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  not 
  now 
  sufficient 
  

   space 
  between 
  the 
  existing 
  molar 
  and 
  the 
  posterior 
  limit 
  of 
  the 
  

   dental 
  field 
  for 
  a 
  full 
  sized 
  sixth. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  vestige 
  of 
  the 
  deserted 
  

   socket 
  of 
  a 
  fourth 
  right 
  molar. 
  The 
  ridge 
  that 
  anteriorly 
  forms 
  

   the 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  gutter 
  of 
  the 
  symphysis, 
  and 
  which 
  in 
  its 
  back, 
  

   ward 
  course 
  divides, 
  to 
  form 
  the 
  inner 
  and 
  outer 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  

   dental 
  grove, 
  encloses 
  in 
  this 
  case 
  only 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  oblique 
  triang- 
  

   ular 
  area 
  before 
  the 
  molar. 
  It 
  is 
  at 
  least 
  fair 
  to 
  presume, 
  either 
  

   that 
  the 
  fifth 
  had 
  lacked 
  an 
  antecedent 
  molar 
  longer 
  than 
  its 
  

   mate 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  side, 
  or 
  that 
  the 
  fourth 
  is 
  present 
  and 
  the 
  fifth 
  

   never 
  appeared. 
  The 
  latter 
  idea 
  is 
  favored 
  by 
  the 
  difference 
  in 
  

   the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  3-ridged 
  molars 
  of 
  the 
  jaw. 
  The 
  one 
  in 
  

   doubt, 
  is 
  one-eighth 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  narrower 
  and 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  

   shorter 
  than 
  the 
  other, 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Warren 
  makes 
  no 
  distinction 
  

   between 
  the 
  fifth 
  and 
  fourth 
  molars 
  other 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  size 
  (pp. 
  

  

  