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PRINCIPAL SIR W. TURNER ON 



The pelvis was broad in relation to the height, and the corresponding index was low. 

 The sides of the pelvic brim were smooth, and as the conjugate diameter was high in 

 relation to the transverse, the brim index, 96, was dolichopellic. The length of the sacrum 

 did not include the body of the first coccygeal vertebra, and the index, 100'9, was 

 platyhieric. The obturator index, 69*4, was intermediate between that in the Bagada 

 and Veddah pelves. 



Spinal Column. — The vertebral formula was C 7 D 12 L 5 . The spine of the 6th cervical 

 was almost as prominent as that of the 7th ; the spines of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th were 

 bifid. The 9th dorsal had only a half costal facet on each side of the body, and the 

 1 0th, 11th, and 12th had each a whole facet; the 10th had no costal facet 

 on the transverse process; the 11th and 12th had each three tubercles and no long 

 transverse process. The lumbars were normal. The diameters of the bodies of the 

 lower dorsals and lumbars were as follows : — 



9th Dorsal V., . 

 10th „ „ . 

 11th „ „ . 

 12th ,, „ . 



A.V.D. 

 20 mm. 

 20 „ 



20 „ 



21 „ 







81 mm. 



1st Lumbar V., 



26 mm. 



2nd „ 



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23 „ 



3rd ,, 



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. 23 „ 



4th „ 



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23 „ 



5th 



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25 „ 



P.V.D. 



20 



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22 



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24 



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87 



mm. 



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Index. 



100 



105 



110 



114-3 



88-4^1 

 104-3 

 104-3 

 104-3 



Special Index. 



107 '4 General Index. 



- Special Index. 



120 mm. 



117 mm. 



97-5 General Index. 



The indices of the bodies of the 9th, 10th, and 11th dorsal vertebrae showed that the 

 upper and lower surfaces were almost parallel, but in the 12th the posterior vertical 

 diameter was definitely higher than the anterior. The 1st lumbar presented the unusual 

 character of the anterior vertical diameter, being distinctly higher than the posterior ; in 

 the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th it was slightly less ; but in the 5th, as is customary, the anterior 

 exceeded the posterior. The bodies of the 1st and 5th therefore in this spine contributed 

 to produce an anterior lumbar convexity, or a kurtorachic spine. 



The Ribs were twelve pairs. The Sternum articulated with twelve pairs of costal 

 cartilages ; the xiphi-sternum was ossified and fused with the meso-sternum, the 

 manubrium was free, and not quite symmetrical on the two lateral borders. 



The Upper Limb. — The Clavicles were slender and not strongly curved. The 

 Scapulae had wide, shallow, coracoid notches ; the axillary border was somewhat 

 concave; the length was 144 mm., the breadth 102 mm., and the scapular index was 

 70*8. The bones of the Shaft had no special features, and the muscular markings were 

 moderate. 



