The Transverse, Vertical and Antero-posterior 



Diameters of Dolicho-cephalic and Brachy-cephalic 



Scandinavian Crania. 



By 



David Hepburn, M. D., F. R. S. Ed., 



Professor of Anatomy, University College, Cardiff (University of Wales). 



Fremlagt af prof. dr. G. A. Guldberg i den mathematisk-naturvidenskabelige Klasses 



Møde 27. Jan. 1905. 



An July 1899 I submitted to the Royal Society of Edin- 

 burgh a new form of Graniometer Callipers for segmenting the 

 various diameters of the skull, and at the same time I presented 

 a paper embodying the results obtained by applying this instru- 

 ment to the measurement of the dolicho-cephalic skulls of Ab- 

 original Australians and to the brachy-cephalic skulls of Sand- 

 wich Islanders 1 . 



Since then I have been anxious to compare the facts obtained 

 from the examination of those savage crania with the facts to 

 be discovered in crania belonging to a civilised race in which 

 dolicho-cephalic and brachy-cephalic skulls were recognised types. 

 This opportunity has recently presented itself, and for it I am 

 indebted to the very great kindness of Professor Guldberg, the 

 accomplished and courteous Director of the Anatomical Institute 

 of the University of Kristiania, Norway. Through his good 

 offices, tvventy-four Scandinavian crania were placed at my 

 disposal for the purposes of this special enquiry. 



An improved Form of Craniometer for the Segmentation of the Trans- 

 verse, Vertical and Antero-posterior Diameters of the Cranium, Hepburn, 

 Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. Vol. XXII. pp. 601—618. 

 Vid.-Selsk. Forh. 1905. No. 2. 1 



