Figure 93 represents a child of six whose head
circumference was 36 inches. Figure 94 shows a hydrocephalic
adult who was exhibited through this country.
There is a record of a curious monster born of healthy half-caste
African parents. The deformity was caused by a deficiency of
osseous material of the bones of the head. There was considerable
arrest of development of the parietal, temporal, and superior
maxillary bones, in consequence of which a very small amount of
the cerebral substance could be protected by the membranous
expansion of the cranial centers. The inferior maxilla and the
frontal bone were both perfect; the ears were well developed and
the tongue strong and active; the nostrils were imperforate and
there was no roof to the mouth nor floor to the nares. The eyes
were curiously free from eyelashes, eyelids, or brows. The cornea
threatened to slough. There was double harelip on the left side;
the second and third fingers of both hands were webbed for their
whole length; the right foot wanted the distal phalanx of the
great toe and the left foot was clubbed and drawn inward. The
child swallowed when fed from a spoon, appeared to hear, but
exhibited no sense of light. It died shortly after the
accompanying sketch was made.
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