The method of classifying races according to the cranial or cephalic index by Anders Retzius; and the discovery of the fundus by von Brücke; in Arch. Anat. Physiol. wiss. Med. (1845)

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  • Berlin , 1845
Berlin, 1845. (1) Retzius, Anders Adolf (1796-1860). Ueber die Schädelformen der Nordbewohner, 84-129.
(2) Brücke, Ernst Wilhelm von (1819-1892). Anatomische Untersuchungen über die sogenannten leuchtenden Augen bei den Wirbelthieren, 387-406. Whole volume, 535pp., 15 pll. 125 x 200mm. Disbound. (1) Retzius introduced the method of classifying races according to the cranial or cephalic index. The German translation of this paper (Om formen af nordboernes cranier. Förhandl. skand. Naturforsch., 3, 157-201, 1842) is featured here. Garrison-Morton.com No. 202.
(2) Von Brücke studied the luminosity of the eye in animals, and by passing a tube through a candle flame, was able to see the fundus. See also the same journal, 1847, 225-27. Garrison-Morton.com No. 5859.

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The method of classifying races according to the cranial or cephalic index by Anders Retzius; and the discovery of the fundus by von Brücke; in Arch. Anat. Physiol. wiss. Med. (1845)

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1845


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