Measurements of Human Bones from Asia

Human skeletons and their individual bones have been studied, measured and weighed for many years, but even more information is needed from series of adequate numbers, with good, uniform preparation and with as much of the histories of the cadavers known as is possible. Furthermore each skeleton should be a complete skeleton from a single body. The disarticulated skeletons which were studied for this report, we feel, meet several of these conditions. They were all from a rather restricted region, were very completely and uniformly cleaned, degreased and bleached by experienced workers. Each of these skeletons is complete from a single body with no bones substituted from other sources. However we have no knowledge of their sex or age, except as these are revealed by the appearance of the bones themselves. In skeletons from laboratory dissections, the stature and at least the approximate weight may be obtained, but this information is not available in this series. These skeletons were to be used in the medical students' loan collections, but they were all measured and weighed before being issued to the students; thus they had not been handled nor soiled before this study was made.