Report on the human and animal remains found at Halling, Kent / by Arthur Keith.

  • Keith, Arthur, Sir, 1866-1955.
Date:
1914
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Credit: Report on the human and animal remains found at Halling, Kent / by Arthur Keith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    As regards the size of the teeth, there is no point which calls for special remark. The lower incisors were not recovered. The crown of the lower canine measured 6 mm. (medio-distal) by 8'2 mm. (labiohngual). The first premolar 7'2 X 8 mm.; the second 6‘8 x 8 mm. The crown of the third lower molar measured 10‘6 X 10 mm. Only three upper teeth were recovered, two incisors and a second molar. Tlie crown of the second molar measirred 10 x 12 mm. All four cusps had evidently been present, but it is difficult to be certain of this because the dentine was exposed on the whole width of the crown. The roots of the molar were widely separated; they were short (15 mm.), and the height of the crown was 5'5 mm.— the total height of the tooth being 20'5 mm. The total height of the lower canine was 22 mm., on the anterior aspect of the root as a shallow longitudinal groove. Thus the outstanding feature of the teeth is the degree to which they had been worn, and the extent to which they had been lost by abscesses of the roots. As regards dimensions they were only of moderate size. Bones of the Extremities and Trunk. The various bones were compared with those of Jonathan Wilde (died 1725), who was of a similar stature—5 feet 4 inches. Tlie clavicles were incomplete, but sufficient was found (see Fig. 7) to show that the total length was about 130 mm.—17 mm. shorter than in Wilde’s skeleton. The inner or sternal part was flattened from FIG. 7.—THE ANTERIOR AND LOWER ASPECTS OF THE LEFT CLAVICLE. (5 NATURAL SIZE.) FIG. 8.—SECTION OP CLAVICLE NEAR ITS STERNAL END (b). THE CORRESPONDING SECTION OF JONATHAN WILDE’s CLAVICLE (a). ST. M = STERNO - MASTOID MUSCLE. SECTION OF THE RIGHT FIBULA NEAR ITS MIDDLE (d) COMPARED WITH SIMILAR SECTION OF FIBULA OF JONATHAN WILDE (c). EXT = EXTENSOR MUSCLE OF THE TOES. PER = PERONEAL MUSCLES. (natural SIZE.)