Types of "Indian Dwarfism". back view

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Types of "Indian Dwarfism". back view. Wellcome Collection. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Line-up of types of "Indian Dwarfism', back-view. These people have been categorised as follows: a) Cretinous Dwarf b) and c) Ateleiotic Dwarfs d) and e) Achondroplasic Dwarfs and f) Normal Native. 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 photographs most kindly sent by Major C.H.James, I.M.S)" CF. The Indian Medical Gazette Vol XLV, November 1910

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