Developmental Pathology Volume 1-3

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...molar, which is so advanced as to come in contact with the second little molar, thus favoring the development of the wisdom tooth of that side; given also the presence of two lower wisdom teeth, both of which have perforated the alveolar process, the right being more developed than the other; taking into account the fact that the upper wisdom teeth have fallen from the jaw after death, which indicates that they were not covered by the alveolar parietes and in consequence were ready to erupt; taking into account also the fact that the enamel of the teeth presents yellow stains--it must be concluded that the skull examined belongs to a subject at least 18 years old." These results settle one question emphatically. The skeleton which has been so long received as that of Louis XVII is clearly that of a much older person. It does not settle, however, the more interesting question, What became of the Dauphin? It is true that the claims of Eleazar Williams, the so-called American Dauphin, were disproved. There was nothing specially corroborative of his claims but the Bourbon, nose, which is not an uncommon possession. The Naundorffs still vigorously claim to be Bourbons. Mathurin's claim was disproved in 1846 by very positive evidence. The origin of Richemont, the third of the alleged Dauphins, is lost in obscurity. It is not even known whether the name he commonly bore was real or assumed. By the year 1834 he had made himself so notorious by his pretensions to the throne that the government of Louis Phillippe thought it necessary to take action against him. Like Mathurin, Bruneau in the reign of Louis XVIII-was condemned to a term of imprisonment. He contrived, however, to escape from France after a few months' confinement, and, returning not long afterward, ...