Anthropology.
II. _Ethnology._--Historic and Analytic Anthropology.
III. _Ethnography._--Geographic and Descriptive Anthropology.
IV. _Archaeology._--Prehistoric and Reconstructive Anthropology.
I.--_Somatology._
A. Internal Somatology.
_a._ Osteology.--Bones of the skeleton, names, forms, measures,
proportions, peculiarities, such as flattened tibia, perforated
humerus, form of pelvis, os calcis, etc. Craniology;
measurements of skull and face, sutures, angles, nasal and
orbital indices, dentition, artificial deformations.
_b._ Myology and Splanchnology.--The muscular system and viscera so
far as they concern racial peculiarities, as deficient calves,
proportions of liver and lungs, etc. Steatopygy.
B. External Somatology.
Stature and Proportion. Anthropomometry. Tests for strength and
endurance. Color of skin, hair, and eyes. Color scales. Shape
and growth of hairs. Canons of proportion. Physical beauty.
C. Psychology.
Application of experimental psychology to races. Comparative rates
of nervous impulse, sensation, muscular movements, and mental
processes. Right- and left-handedness. Anomalous brain actions.
D. Developmental and Comparative Somatology.
Embryology of man. Doctrines of heredity and congenital
transmission. Teratology, or the production of varieties and
monstrosities. Ethnic and racial anatomy. Evolution of man.
Comparative anatomy of man and anthropoids. Simian and lemurian
analogies. Fossil remains of man.
Biology of man. Changes produced by nutrition (food supply),
climate, humidity, altitude, etc. Comparative physiology and
pathology. Medical geography. Comparative nosology of different
races. Criminal anthropology. Pathology of races. Fertility and
sterility of races. Reproduction and stirpiculture. Comparative
longevity. Immunity from disease. Vital statistics. Anatomical
classifications of races. (Historical review; present opinions.)
II.--_Ethnology._
A. Definitions and Methods.
Meaning of Race, People (_ethnos_, folk), Nation, Tribe. Culture and
civilization. Measures and stages of culture. Causes and
conditions of ethnic progress. Ethnic aptitudes for special
lines of progress. Ethnic psychology (Voelkerpsychologie).
B. Sociology.
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