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Appendix. — Preliminary Report on the Cranial Cast. By 

 Grafton Elliot Smith, M.A., M.D., F.R.S., Professor of 

 Anatomy in the Victoria University of Manchester. 



The observations recorded in these notes svere made upon the 

 cranial cast which was submitted to me for examination by 

 Dr. Smith Woodward, under whose direction the remains of the 

 cranium were fitted together and the cast obtained from it. 



The accompanying sketch (fig. 11) represents the left norma 



~FW. 11. — Left norma lateralis of the internal cast of the skull 

 from Piltdown. 



Sinus of Breschst Ramus praeobelicus 



^ Ramus obelicus 



: ^^^ Ramus lambdaticus 



Sir.-js lateralis 



cerebelk 



Polus temporalis 

 inferior 



lateralis, and will explain better than a description the extent of 

 missing cranial wall. The greater part of the right parietal bone 

 and a considerable part of the occipital were found, and it was 

 possible to fit them into position. Thus the form and proportions 

 of the whole brain can be estimated. 



The sharply-cut meningeal grooves upon the bones have pro- 

 duced upon the cast the whole pattern of the middle meningeal 

 veins and arteries with great distinctness. The diagram shows 

 the arrangement upon the left side : upon the right it conforms 

 to Giuffrida-Ruggeri's Typus l. 1 



Unfortunately, there are only very slight indications of the 



1 ' Ueber die endocranischen Furchen der Arteria meningea media beim 

 Menschen' Zeitschr. f. Morph. & Anthropol. vol. xv (1912) p.403. 



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