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No. XI.—ABNORMALITIES. 
By Dr. BEDDOE, F.R.S. 
These include Natural Deformities. For Deformations, or 
Artificial Deformities, see Part II., LXIII. 
1. Do any such deformities occur, e. g. steatopyga , or 
excessive development of fat about the haunches and buttocks 
or about the labia P Any other natural peculiarity of the 
genital organs ? Harelip, or cleft palate, or absence of teeth, 
or supernumerary teeth P 
2. Albinism. —Is this common ? Examine carefully any 
specimen that presents itself, and note carefully the colour 
of hair, irides, and skin: the irides are not always pink. 
How are albinoes regarded and treated ? Are they sup¬ 
posed to differ notably from other people in physical or moral 
constitution (in size, strength, hairiness, longevity, fecun¬ 
dity, intelligence, vivacity) ? Do they breed among them¬ 
selves? Is there any cause conjectured for the occurrence of 
albinism ? 
3. Erythrism , i, e. red hair occurring in the midst of a 
black-haired population, where there are no intermediate 
tints. 
With what colour of skin and irides combined ? What are 
the media or external conditions under which it seems to 
arise ? Are its subjects more liable to cutaneous or other 
diseases than the black-haired ? 
4. Polydactylism. —Existence of supernumerary fingers, toes, 
&c. 
5. Excessive hairiness of face or body (as in the well-known 
Siamese family), or total absence of hair. 
6. u Darwin’s point” in the ear. 
7. Is there any evidence of the hereditary nature of any of 
these peculiarities ? 
8. Prognathism and obliquity of eye (the Kalmuk eye), when 
occurring sporadically amoug a people in whom they are not 
typical, may be mentioned under this head. 
