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skin naturally greasy, dry, smooth, or rough to the touch ? 
hirsute, downy, or bare ? 8. Have the teeth any peculiarity ? 
e. g. are the canines longer or more prominent, or are there five 
or six tubercles on any of the posterior molars (as in some 
Negroes and Melanesians) ? 9. Is the voice deep, hoarse, or 
shrill P 10. Are there any peculiarities of the excretory func¬ 
tions, such as habitual diarrhoea (as in Fseroe), constipation or 
salivation, or alkalinity of urine, or abundance or absence of 
sensible perspiration. 11. Have the women plenty of milk P 
12. Are labours easy ? and what is the posture of accouchement P 
(See IV. Development, and VIII. Motions.) 
No. IV.—DEVELOPMENT AND DECAY. 
By Dn. BEDDOE, F.R.S. 
1. What are the average and the extreme length of life ob¬ 
served or reported ? 2. Are old people allowed to reach the 
natural term of life ? or are they killed or allowed to starve P 
3. If the age in years is not to be gotten, inquire how many 
generations may exist simultaneously, e. g. whether a man often 
sees his great grand-children. 4. At what ages, in the two 
sexes, do the maxima of stature and of bulk, or general phy¬ 
sical development, seem to be attained ? 5. Age of junction of 
epiphyses; 6, of closing of sutures (particularly of frontal suture); 
7, of puberty (in males and in females) ; 8, of development of 
beard; and 9, of mammary glands (breasts). 10. About what 
age do women cease to menstruate P or what are the extremes 
of child-bearing age ? 11. How long is suckling carried 
on ? (See XVI. Reproduction.) 12. Which teeth appear 
first ? 13. Are children who do not observe the rule put to 
death ? 14. Is there any thing else noticeable in the development 
of the teeth ? At what age is the first dentition completed ? 
15. Is caries of teeth frequent P or, 16, are they worn down by 
hard or gritty food ? or, 17, are they still perfect in aged people ? 
18< Does greyness or baldness occur? or is either frequent, whe¬ 
ther in males or in females ? (See V.) 
