Mildred Trotter
Selected Bibliography

Trotter, M. “A study of facial hair in the White and Negro races.” Washington University Studies, IX, Scientific Series, (1922): 273-289.

Danforth, C.H., M. Trotter. 1922 “The distribution of body hair in White subjects.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 5 (1922): 259-265.

Cady, L.D., M. Trotter. “A study of ringed hair.” Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology. 6 (1922): 301-317.

Trotter, M., C.H. Danforth. “The incidence and heredity of facial hypertrichosis in White women.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 5 (1922): 391-397.

Trotter, M. “The resistance of hair to certain supposed growth stimulants.” Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology. 7 (1923): 93-98.

Trotter, M. “The life cycles of hair in selected regions of the body. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 7 (1924): 427-437.

Trotter, M. “The sacrum and sex. “American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 9 (1926): 445-450.

Trotter, M. “The movable segments of the vertebral column in old Egyptians.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 9 (1926): 457-466.

Trotter, M. “Hair Growth and Shaving. Anatomical Record. 37 (1928): 373-379.

Trotter, M. “The vertebral column in Whites and in American Negroes.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 13 (1929): 95-107.

Trotter, M., J.L. Henderson, H. Gass, et al. “The origins of branches of the axillary artery in Whites and in American Negroes.” Anatomical Record. 46 (1930): 133-137.

Trotter, M. “The form, size and color of head hair in American Whites.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 14 (1930): 433-445.

Trotter, M., H.L. Dawson. “The direction of hair after rotation of skin in the guinea pig: an experiment on hair slope.” Anatomical Record. 50 (1931): 193-196.

Trotter, M., H.L. Dawson. “The direction of hair after rotation of skin in the newborn albino rat: A second experiment on hair slope.” Anatomical Record. 53 (1932): 19-30.

Trotter, M. “The hair.” In: Special Cytology, 2nd edition, Section II, E.V. Cowdry, (ed.) Paul B. Hoeber, New York (1932): 40-65.

Trotter, M. “Synostosis betwen manubrium and body of the sternum in Whites and Negroes.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 18 (1934): 439-442.

Trotter, M., H.L. Dawson. “The hair of French Canadians.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 18 (1934): 443-456.

Trotter, M. “Septal apertures in the humerus of American Whites and Negroes.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 19 (1934): 213-227.

Trotter, M. “The activity of hair follicles with reference to pregnancy.” Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics. 60 (1935): 1092-1095.

Trotter, M. “The hair of the Arabs of Central Iraq.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 21 (1936): 423-428.

Trotter, M. “Accessory sacro-iliac articulations.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 22 (1937): 247-261.

Trotter, M. “Anthropometry. A review of the classifications of hair.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 24 (1938): 105-126.

Trotter, M. “Anthropometry. Classifications of hair color.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 25 (1939): 237-260.

Trotter, M. “A common anatomical variation in the sacroiliac region.” Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 22 (1940): 293-299.

Trotter, M. “The level of termination of the popliteal artery in the White and Negro.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 28 (1940): 239-247.

Read, W.T., M. Trotter. “The origins of transverse cervical and of transverse scapular arteries in American Whites and Negroes.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 28 (1941): 239-247.

Trotter, M. “Hair from Paracas Indian mummies.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 1 (1943): 69-75.

Trotter, M,. G.S. Letterman. “Variations of the female sacrum: Their significance in continuous caudal anesthesia.” Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics. 78 (1944): 419-424.

Letterman, G.S., M. Trotter. “Variations of the male sacrum: Their significance in continuous caudal analgesia.” Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics. 78 (1944): 551-555.

Lanier, V.S., H.E. McKnight, M. Trotter. “Caudal analgesia. An experimental and anatomical study.” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 47 (1944): 633-641.

Trotter, M., P.F. Lanier. “Hiatus canalis sacralis in American Whites and Negroes.” Human Biology. 17 (1945): 368-381.

Trotter, M., R.D. Heath. “Transverse sacral folds.” Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 28 (1946): 120-125.

Lanier, P.F., M. Trotter. “Volume of the sacral canal.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 4 (1946): 227-233.

Trotter, M., R.L. Webb. Laboratory guide for gross anatomy. Bardgett Printing & Publishing Co., St. Louis (1946) 190 pp.

Trotter, M. “Variations of the sacral canal: Their significance in the administration of caudal analgesia.” Anesthesia and Analgesia. 26 (1947): 192-202.

Trotter, M., O.H. Duggins. “Age changes in head hair from birth to maturity. I. Index and size of hair of children.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 6 (1948): 489-506.

Trotter, M., J.C. Finerty. “An anomalous urinary bladder.” Anatomical Record., 100 (1948): 259-269.

Trotter, M., J.L. O’Leary. “Anatomic considerations in regional nerve block.” Chapter I in Control of Pain in Childbirth, 3rd ed., C.B. Lull and R.A. Hingson, (eds.), J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia (1948): 3-45.

Simril, W.A., M. Trotter. “An accessory bone and other bilateral skeletal anomalies of the elbow.” Radiology. 53 (1949): 97-100.

Trotter, M. “The International Anatomical Congress, Oxford (July 24-28, 1950, with special reference to the Physical Anthropological Portion).” In: Yearbook of Anthropology. (1949): 40-43.

Duggins, O.H., M. Trotter. “Age changes in head hair from birth to maturity. II. Medullation in hair of children.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 8 (1950): 399-415.

Trotter, M., O.H. Duggins. “Age changes in head hair from birth to maturity. III. Cuticular scale count of hair of children.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 8 (1950): 467-484.

Duggins, O.H., M. Trotter. “Changes in morphology of hair during childhood.” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 53 (1951): 569-575.

Trotter, M., G.C. Gleser. “The effect of ageing on stature.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 9 (1951): 311-324.

Trotter, M., G.C. Gleser. “Trends in stature of American Whites and Negroes born between 1840 and 1924.: American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 9 (1951): 427-440.

Trotter, M., G.C. Gleser. “Estimation of stature from long bones of American Whites and Negroes.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 10 (1952): 463-514.

Trotter, M. “Viking Fund Medalist for 1952.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 11 (1953): 225-228.

Trotter, M. “Skin and exoskeleton.” Encyclopedia Brittanica. (1953): 752-752b.

Trotter, M., R.J. Terry. “Osteology.” Section III, Morris’ Human Anatomy. 11th ed., The Blakiston Company, Philadelphia (1953): 89-283.

Trotter, M., R.J. Terry. “The articulations.” Section IV, Morris’ Human Anatomy. 11th ed., The Blakiston Co., Philadelphia. (1953): 287-398.

Trotter, M. “A preliminary study of estimation of weight of the skeleton.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 12 (1954): 537-551.

Stewart, T.D., M. Trotter (eds.). Basic readings on the identification of human skeletons: Estimation of age. Wenner-Gren Found. for Anthrop. Res., Inc. (1954). 347 pp.

Trotter, M., R.R. Peterson. “Book Review: Atlas of Descriptive Human Anatomy, by Sobotta.” Anatomical Record. 122 (1955): 115-119.

Trotter, M., T.D. Stewart. “Report of Meeting: Role of physical anthropology in the field of human identification.” Science, 122 (1955): 833­834.

Trotter, M., R.R. Peterson. “Ash weight of human skeletons in per cent of their dry, fat-free weight.” Anatomical Record. 123 (1955): 341-358.

Overholser, M.D., W.F. Alexander, M. Trotter. “Can Misouri schools continue the teaching of human anatomy effectively?” Missouri Medicine. 53 (1956): 474-476.

Trotter, M. “Variable factors in skeleton weight.” Human Biology. 28 (1956): 146-153.

Trotter, M. “Viking Fund Medalist for 1955.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 14 (1956): 309-313.

Trotter, M. “Notes on the history of the A.A.P.A.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 14 (1956): 350-364.

Trotter, M., O.H. Duggins, F.M. SetzIer. “Hair of Australian aborigines (Arnhem Land).” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 14 (1956): 649-659.

Merz, A.L., M. Trotter, R.R. Peterson. “Estimation of skeleton weight in the living.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 14 (1956): 589-609.

Trotter, M. “Skin and exoskeleton.” Encyclopedia Brittanica. (1956).

Trotter, M., R.R. Peterson. Laboratory guide for gross anatomy. 2nd ed., Bardgett Printing & Publishing Co., St. Louis (1957). 86 pp.

Trotter, M., G.C. Gleser. “A re-evaluation of estimation of stature based on measurements of stature taken during life and of long bones after death.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 16 (1958): 79-123.

Broman, G.E., M. Trotter, R.R. Peterson. “The density of selected bones of the human skeleton.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 16 (1958): 197-211.

Trotter, M., G.E. Broman, R.R. Peterson. “The density of humeri of American Whites and Negroes.” The Leech. 28, nos. 3,4 and 5 (1958).

Trotter, M., G.E. Broman, R.R. Peterson. “Density of cervical vertebrae and comparison with densities of other bones.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 17 (1959): 19-25.

Duggins, O.H., M. Trotter. “Hair from a Kadar woman of India.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 17 (1959): 95-98.

Trotter, M., G.E. Broman, R.R. Peterson. “Densities of bones of White and Negro skeletons.” Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 42-A (1960): 50-58.

Trotter, M. “Hair: Introduction and anthropology.” Encyclopedia Brittanica. (1961).

Trotter, M. “Book Review: The Human Skeleton in Forensic Medicine, by W.M. Krogman.” Science. 135 (1962): 782-783.

Trotter, M., R.R. Peterson. “Book Review: A New System of Anatomy, by Sir Solly Zuckerman.” Science. 136 (1962): 524.

Trotter, M., R.R. Peterson. “The relationship of ash weight and organic weight of human skeletons.” Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 44-A (1962): 669­681.

Trotter, M., O.H. Duggins. “Hairs.” In: Laboratory Techniques in Biology and Medicine. 4th ed. V.M. Emmel and E.V. Cowdry (eds.), Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore (1964): 195-196.

Trotter, M. “Changes in densities of bones with age.” Proceedings of the Conference on Aseptic Necrosis of the Femoral Head. (1964): 19-24.

Trotter, M. “Accessory sacroiliac articulations in East African skeletons.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 22 (1964): 137-141.

Trotter, M., R.R. Peterson. “Osteology.” Section IV, Morris’ Human Anatomy. 12th ed., The Blakiston Co., Philadelphia (1966): 133-315.

Trotter, M., R.R. Peterson. “Arthrology.” Section V, Morris’ Human Anatomy, 12th ed., The Blakiston Co., Philadelphia (1966): 317-420.

Trotter, M., R.R. Peterson. “Some variable factors in the adult skeleton.” The Biology of Human Variation in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 134 (1966): 841-845.

Trotter, M. “Robert James Terry, M.D. – Obituary.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 25 (1966): 97-98.

Trotter, M. “Variation of the sacroiliac union.” Medical & Biological Illustration. 17 (1967): 50-53.

Trotter, M. “Robert James Terry – Obituary.” Anatomical Record. 158 (1967): 524­526.

Trotter, M., R.R. Peterson, R. Wette. “Transverse diameter of the femur: On roentgenograms and on bones.” Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 52 (1967): 233-239.

Trotter, M., R.R. Peterson, R. Wette. “The secular trend in the diameter of the femur of American Whites and Negroes.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 28 (1968): 65-73.

Trotter, M., R.R. Peterson. “Weight of bone in the fetus – A preliminary report.” Growth. 32 (1968): 83-90.

Trotter, M., R.R. Peterson. “Weight of bone during the fetal period.” Growth. 33 (1969): 167-184.

Trotter, M., R.R. Peterson. “Weight of bone in the fetus during the last half of pregnancy.” Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 65 (1969): 46-50.

Trotter, M., O.H. Duggins. “Microscopic study of hair.” In: Handbook of Middle American Indians. Vol. 9. T.D. Stewart (ed.). (1970): 179-184.

Trotter, M. “Estimation of stature from intact long limb bones.” In: Personal Identification in Mass Disasters. T.D. Steward (ed.). Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (1970): 71-83.

Trotter, M., R.R. Peterson. “The density of bones in the fetal skeleton.” Growth. 34 (1970): 283-292.

Choi, S.C., M. Trotter. “A statistical study of the multivariate structure and race-sex differences of American White and Negro fetal skeletons.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 33 (1970): 307-312.

Trotter, M., R.R. Peterson. “Weight of the skeleton during postnatal development.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 33 (1970): 313-323.

Trotter, M. “The density of bones in the young skeleton.” Growth. 35 (1971): 221-231.

Trotter, M. “Percentage ash weight of fetal skeletons.” Growth. 36 (1972): 145-153.

Colbert, C., J.J. Spruit, M. Trotter. “Estimation of gravimetric density of fetal bones from radiologic density.” Investigative Radiology. 7 (1972): 102-106.

Trotter, M. “Percentage ash weight of young human skeletons.” Growth. 37 (1973): 153-163.

Trotter, M., D.N. Menton. “Hair.” In: Encyclopedia of Microscopy and Microtechnique. Peter Gray (ed.). Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York (1973): 233-234.

Trotter, M. “Beatrice Whiteside-Hawel – Obituary.” Anatomical Record. 177 (1973): 121.

Trotter, M., B.B. Hixon. “Sequential changes in weight, density and percentage ash weight of human skeletons from an early fetal period through old age.” Anatomical Record. 179 (1974): 1-18.

Trotter, M., B.B. Hixon, S.S. Deaton. “Sequential changes in weight of the skeleton and in length of long limb bones of Macaca mulatta.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 43 (1975): 79-93.

Trotter, M., B.B. Hixon. “The density of long limb bones and the percentage ash weight of the skeleton of Macaca mulatta.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 44 (1976): 223-232.

Trotter, M., B.B. Hixon, B.J. MacDonald. “Development and size of the teeth of Macaca mulatta.” American Journal of Anatomy. 150 (1977): 109-127.

Trotter, M., G.C.. Gleser. Corrigenda to “Estimation of stature from long limb bones of American Whites and Negroes,” Am. J. Phys. Anthrop. (1952). American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 47 (1977): 355-356.

Trotter, M., B.B. Hixon. 1978 “The skeleton.” In: Perinatal Physiology. 2nd ed., Chapter V, U. Stave, (ed). Plenum Publishing Corp., New York (1978): 47-52.

Trotter, M. “Robert J. Terry, 1871-1966.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 56 (1981): 503-508.

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