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is removed, the ensuing excessive growth will affect most markedly those 
segments of the limbs which contain the most absorptive cells, and then, 
in descending order of amplitude, those which contain the less and less 
absorptive cells ; whereas if the early closing synchondroses in the 
neighbourhood of the ankle, hip, and elbow have disappeared, the growth 
changes can no longer affect them, and will concentrate upon the late 
closing epiphyses, namely, those at the knee, wrist, and shoulder, and in 
the limb girdles and vertebral column. 
In addition, therefore, to the central type of anorchid body form, of 
which A 9 is an example, there must be a series of body forms leading, on 
the one hand, to a group of practically normally-shaped individuals, who 
may be typified by the adult converts to the Skoptzy faith, and, on the 
other, to a type of early development which will be found as a transient 
condition in anorchid adolescents who have not yet reached their limit 
of growth in stature. This early type, if our hypothesis be correct, should 
be characterised by a relatively long tibia, a femur of fair length, and a 
rather diminutive pelvis ; a long radius, a moderate humerus, and a rela- 
tively small scapula. 
Intermediate between the full late adult Skoptzy type and the central 
A 9 type there will be a group of individuals with long bodies, broad pelves, 
and short limbs, the reverse of the central type. The genesis of this 
intermediate late body form is described below. 
In Observations C 5 and A 10 examples of the “early” and “intermediate 
late ” types of anorchid body form are described. 
Observation C5 (37). 
Abridged Description of the Skeleton of a Negro Eunuch. 
Age at death 23 years. (Fig. 4a.) 
A. Report upon the progress of ossification. 
All the synchondroses, except those at the proximal end of the 
radius and ulna, are open. 
B. Report upon the proportions of the bones of the skeleton. 
Total stature of skeleton ..... 1830 mm. 
Allow for soft parts . .... 30 „ 
Estimated stature of individual in life . . 1860 mm. 
The lengths of the long bones and their various comparisons are given 
in Table XLIII. The methods of calculation and comparison are similar to 
those formerly employed. 
