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Table XXXYII. 
Name of Bone. 
Length, 
mm. 
Corresponding 
Stature Range 
in normal 
Individuals. 
Range of 
normal Bone 
Lengths for 
Stature 1830. 
Minimum and Maxi- 
mum Percentages of 
Excess of Length of 
Bones of Eunuch. 
Humerus 
372 
1834-1953 
371-348 
•2- 6-4 
Ulna . 
325 
2034-2164 
292-274 
7 -15-6 
Radius 
306 
2050-2175 
273-257 
10-7-16 
Femur . 
535 
1888-2097 
518-466 
3-1-12-9 
Tibia . 
463 
2000-2222 
423-379 
8-6-18-1 
From this table it is obvious that, relatively to the total stature of the 
skeleton, all the bones of the limbs are unduly long ; those of the proximal 
segments, however, to a markedly less extent than those of the distal. 
Observation No. C3 (25). 
Abridged Description of the Skeleton of a Negro Eunuch. 
Age at death 25 years. 
A. — Report upon the progress of ossification. 
Upper Limb. — -The head of the humerus is separate from the shaft of 
the bone. The epiphysial cartilages at the lower end of the radius, ulna, 
and four inner metacarpals, and that at the upper extremity of the first 
metacarpal, still persist. 
Pelvis. — The triradiate cartilage is still present. 
Lower Limb. — None of the epiphysial cartilages have become 
obliterated. 
In this eunuch, therefore, there was considerable delay in the com- 
pletion of the process of endochondral ossification in the bones of the 
appendicular skeleton. 
B. — Report upon the relative lengths of the long bones. 
The lengths of the longer bones and their various comparisons are given 
in Table XXXVIII. 
Total stature of the skeleton . . . 1840 mm. 
Allow for soft parts ..... 30 „ 
Estimated stature of individual in life . . 1870 mm. 
