THE RATE OF GROWTH 



with the later less decline. The phenomena may 

 well arouse our attention and 'convince us that we 



00% 



20% 

 10% 



YEARS "234 56 ? 8 9 10 II IZ 13 W 15 16 17 18 19 10 31 ee ^3 



FIG. 39. 



are approaching a most important scientific question, 

 the question of why the drop comes in this way. In 

 the case of girls, as the next of our slides will show, 



ueber Massenwachsthum und Laengenwachhthtim,' Jahrbuch f. Kinderheil- 

 kunde, Bd. XXXVI., pp. 249-293, 1893). 



"These calculations represent weights without clothing, whereas my under- 

 standing of Roberts' Tables is that, with the exception of the weight at birth, 

 his values represent weights with clothing ; although I imagine the statement 

 would not bear very careful investigation. I have not attempted in turn to 

 correct Camerer's records by adding the amount due for clothing, which, 

 however, could be done by the use of Bowditch's Tables." 



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