No. 33. — 1886.] the veddAs of ceylon. 



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The total result obtained is, first, that the Vedda skull is 

 uncommonly small, and that occasionally genuine nano- 

 cephaly appears in the race. 



Of the deformed skull out of the Colombo Museum (No. 4) 

 I have already pointed out that it possessed only a capacity of 

 1,025 cub. cm. Mr. Flower has discovered even a smaller 

 one, that of an adult woman (No. 679), which measures only 

 960 cub. cm., and of which he says " that is the very smallest 

 in the whole collection." Here we must particularly remark 

 that it is not a question of microcephaly, in the pathological 

 sense, but of crania justo minora. In order to avoid confusion, 

 I have therefore chosen the name, which I have suggested 

 in an earlier essay, of nannocephalous. 



I give in the following a list of some of the measurements, 

 as the fact just signalised is of special importance for the 

 cognisance of races. Regarding the skulls of Mr. Bernard 

 Davis, the first column shows the weight of the sand used in 

 measurement, as given by him ; the second and third columns 

 give the reduction of the weights into measures, according 

 to the table made by Mr. Weleker : — 



I. — Statements of Mr. Davis/ 





Weight. 



Men. 



Women. 



No. 



oz. 



cub. cm. 



cub. cm. 



1 



64 



1,275 





6 



70 



1,394 





7 



56 





1,115 



8 



65 





1,295 



9 



64! 





1,275 



10 



81 



1,614 





11 



59 





1,175 



12 



72-5 





1,444 



Average of 3 men's skulls .. 

 Do. 5 women's skulls 

 Do. 8 Veddas' skulls 



1,428 cub. cm. 

 1,261 „ 

 1,323 „ 



* Virchow, " Gesammelte Abhandlungen 7A\v wissenschafhlichen medi- 

 cin." Frankfurt, a.m., 1856, s. 901. 



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