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12. Ncisio-alveolar length, from the nasion to the alveolar 
point. 
13. Nasal height, from the nasion to the lowest level of the 
floor of the nasal openings in the middle line. 
14. Nasal breadth, the transverse breadth across the nasal 
openings at the widest part. 
15. Orbital breadth, measured from the spot where the 
posterior edge of the lachrymal groove meets the fronto- 
lachrymal suture, to the external border of the orbit in the 
line of its greatest axis. 
16. Orbital height, measured at right-angles to the axis of 
breadth between the upper and lower borders across the 
middle of the orbit. 
17. Maximum breadth of Pelvis, measured between the 
outer edges of the iliac crests. 
18. Pelvic height, or the maximum length of the innom¬ 
inate bone, from the highest point of the iliac crest to the 
lowest part of the tuber ischii. 
19. Antero-posteiior diameter of the Brim, measured from 
the middle of the anterior margin of the upper border of 
the sacrum to the nearest point opposite at the upper part 
of the symphysis pubis. 
20. Transverse diameter of Brim, measured at right-angles 
to the preceding across the broadest part of the brim, or 
margin of the pelvic cavity. 
If the person lias been buried for some time, the two 
innominate bones and the sacrum which form the pelvis will 
probably be separate. To obtain the above measurements it 
will be necessary to fix the bones together by means of 
string, or nail them together, and when doing so a small 
piece of wood, about 5 or 6 millimetres thick, should be 
placed between the ends of the pubic bones in front, to repre¬ 
sent the thickness of the soft tissues which have disappeared^ 
21. Maximum length of Humerus. —The bone is laid flat 
and measured by projection between the summit and the 
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