72 INHERITANCE OF DIGITAL MALFORMATIONS IN MAN. 



sitting is very nearly normal. The length of the foot is only 

 2 cm. short. The weight, however, is 16 lbs. heavier than normal. 

 There does not appear to be complete correspondence between 

 the upper and lower extremities. The upper are shorter than 

 normal in every part whereas the lower are about normal in 

 every way except the number of phalanges. There has never 

 been a single instance of partial inheritance, but in all cases all 

 extremities have been affected in precise^ the same way. This 

 is a most excellent example of similar and simultaneous varia- 

 tion in both extremities. 



TABLE II. 

 Measurements. 

 Males. Females. 



NORMAL. ABNORMAL. NORMAL. ABNORMAL. 



Length of head 





18.8 cm. 





18 cm. 



Width 





15.0 " 





15.2 



face 





13.5 





13.6 



Cephalic index 





80 





84 



Height 



159 cm. 



159 cm. 



150 cm. 



150 cm. 



' ' sitting 



85 " 



83 " 



82 



78 " 



Reach 



165 " 



146 



156 " 



130 



Length of arm 



71.5 " 



62 " 



67 " 



58 " 



' ' forearm & hand 



43 A " 



37 " 



41 " 



34 " 



' ' 2nd finger 



7.9 " 



6.4 " 



7.4 " 



5.7 " 



Hand 



18.8 



15.6 " 



17.1 " 



14.2 " 



Width of hand 



8 " 



9.3 " 



7 " 



7.6 " 



Length of foot 



25 " 



23 " 



23.6 " 



20 " 



Width " 



9.2 " 



9.9 



8.2 " 



8.6 " 



Grip 



48. kgm. 



28 kgm. 



25 kgm. 



12 kgm. 



Weight 



139 lbs. 



155 lbs. 



129 lbs. 



144 lbs. 



The family tradition is, that the first person having short 

 digits came from Normandy in the army of William the Con- 

 queror, and remained in England; that persons with short 

 fingers have never intermarried; that every other child born 



