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MEETINGS OF SECTIONS. 
ZOOLOGICAL SECTION. 
Tuesday, May 14th— Mr. W. Sanders, F.R S-, F.G.S., in the Chair. 
The minutes of the meeting of February 13th having been approved, 
Mr. S. H. Swayne, M.R.C.S., Secretary of the Section, read a paper "On 
the comparative measurements of the Skeleton of Man and the Gorilla," taking 
as the basis of his remarks the fine Skeleton of the Gorilla in the Museum of 
the Bristol Institution. The following is a list of some of the more re- 
markable measurements : — 
Man. 
Gorilla. 
Inches. 
Inches. 
Entire length of skeleton . . . 
67-7 
Entire length of skeleton]... 
58-2 
Breadth of skeleton across 
Breadth of skeleton across 
the acromions 
150 
the acromions 
15-0 
From the occipital protuber- 
From the occipital protruber- 
ance to the chin 
9-1 
ance to the chin 
12-5 
Width across the orbits 
4-0 
Width across the orbits 
5-5 
Width across the malars ... 
3-8 
Width across the malars . . . 
6-5 
Width of skull at zygoma . . . 
5.4 
Width of skull at zygoma ... 
5-4 
Length of ramus of lower jaw 
Length of ramus of lower 
from the angle to the 
jaw from the angle to the 
coranoid 
2-4 
coranoid 
4-5 
Breadth of ramus of lower 
Breadth of ramus of lower 
jaw ... ... ... 
1-6 
, jaw 
3 2 
Length of upper canines 
Length of upper canines 
outside the socket ... 
0-4 
outside the socket 
1-5 
Length of vertebral column 
Length of vertebral column 
along the curve anteriorly 
30-4 
along the curve anteriorly 
29-2 
Length of longest cervical 
Length of longest cervical 
spine ... 
1-0 
spine .., 
3-0 
Length of sacrum 
57 
Length of sacrum 
5-5 
Length of coccyx ... 
1-4 
1 Length of coccyx... ... ... 
2-0 
