CONTENTS. 



Introduction 



Volumetric Proportions 486 



Specific gravity of the body 486 



Height-weight index of build 488 



Alterations in volume 491 



Curves of volumetric proportions 493 



Surface-area 495 



In relation to volume 495 



Relative regional distribution 498 



Linear proportions 500 



Grouping by age and by stature 502 



Curves of linear proportions 504 



Vertical measurements 506 



Vertex to external acoustic meatus 506 



Vertex to top of larynx 506 



Height of acromion 507 



Sitting-height 507 



Height of iliac crest 509 



Height of anterior superior iliac spine 509 



Top of pubic crest 509 



Top of great trochanter 509 



Length of lower extremity 510 



Height of knee-joint 510 



Height of ankle-joint 511 



Segmental proportions of lower extremity. . 511 



Length of foot 511 



Length of upper extremity 512 



Length of arm 512 



Length of forearm 513 



Length of hand 513 



Segmental proportions. . 513 



Breadths and depths 514 



Span 514 



Linear proportions continued 



Breadths and depths continued 



Breadth of head 



Breadth of neck 



Bi-acromial breadth 



Breadth of chest 



Depth of chest. 



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Depth of abdomen 515 



Bi-crestal breadth 516 



Bi-trochanteric breadth 516 



Girths 516 



Girth of head 516 



Girth of neck 517 



Girth of shoulders 517 



Girth of chest 517 



Girth of waist 517 



Girth of pelvis 517 



Girth of hips SIS 



Bone-girths 518 



Muscle-girths 518 



Growth and the height-weight index of build 519 



Height-weight-index growth-curve 519 



Weight-for-height curves 521 



Curves for infancy 522 



Curves for childhood 525 



Curves for adolescence 527 



Curves for maturity 528 



Individual growth-curves 531 



Transverse section and transverse diameter indices. . 532 



Conclusions 538 



Appendix I, tables A-L 542 



Bibliography 553 



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