The lumbar curve in man and the apes : with an account of the topographical anatomy of the chimpanzee, orang-utan, and gibbon / by D.J. Cunningham.

  • Cunningham, D. J. (Daniel John), 1850-1909.
Date:
1886
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Credit: The lumbar curve in man and the apes : with an account of the topographical anatomy of the chimpanzee, orang-utan, and gibbon / by D.J. Cunningham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    gives the results he obtained from the measurements of eight spines, classified in a Table constructed on a similar plan to Table F, p. 12. I take the liberty of subjoining this Table for the purposes of com- parison :— EIGHT SPINES MEASURED BY PROFESSOR AEBY. Anterior depth greater than posterior depth. Anterior depth equal to posterior depth. Anterior depth less than posterior depth. I. Lumbar Vertebra, 1 3 4 II. Lumbar Vertebra, 1 6 1 III. Lumbar Vertebra, 4 3 1 IV. Lumbar Vertebra, 7 1 V. Lumbar Vertebra, 8 His results, therefore, are virtually the same as mine. Lower Races of Man.—Five of the lower races of man are represented in Table A, p. 5, which I have given to show the general results. In all, fifty-six separate spines were examined, viz. of twenty-three Andamans, seventeen Australians, ten Negroes, three Tasmanians, and three Bushmen. And, in recording the separate indices of these, I must give expression to my sense of the deep obligations under which I lie to Dr. J. G. Garson, Sub-Curator of the Royal College of Surgeons Museum, London ; to Pro- fessor Macalister of Cambridge; to Mr. More, Curator of the Natural History Department of the Science and Art Museum in Dublin; and to Professor Struthers of Aberdeen. Without their kind aid this part of my investigation could not have been carried out, because in the Museum of Trinity College, Dublin, the number of spines of low races is very limited, and I had necessarily to ask the permission of these gentlemen to examine the specimens under their charge. This was accorded to me in the freest manner possible. More especially, however, I feel indebted to Dr. Garson and Professor Macalister, both of whom gave me very material help in making the measurements, and from whom I received many suggestions, which have proved of the utmost value to me.