Types of "Indian Dwarfism"- giants and dwarfs, ascending line

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Types of "Indian Dwarfism"- giants and dwarfs, ascending line. Wellcome Collection. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Line-up pf "types" of "dwarves " and "giants" Categorised as follows: Cashemere Giant (93 inches), normal European, two achondroplasic Dwarfs (sic) and the Patiala midget (ateleiotic, 28 inches) These photos feature as part of the catalogue of photos in the back of Karl Pearson's (ed.) ' Treasury of Human Inheritance' Volume 1 Parts VII and VIII, Section XVa Dwarfism. Eugenics Laboratory Memoirs XV. Written by H. Rischbieth and Amy Barrington, 1912

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"From stereograph, copyright Messrs.Underwood and Underwood, London and New York

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