RATE OF METABOLISM 



TABI.K LXXIX 

 Relation between Temperature and Rate of Heart 



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girl usually has offspring by her twelfth year. This early maturity, 

 he states, may be attributed to the fact that the Eskimo keeps his 

 body at a temperature as high if not higher than that of dwellers 

 in Southern Europe. Be that as it may, other observ^ers have 

 noticed that growth in height and in weight is increased during 

 periods of increased temperature, e.g. summer (see Growth). 



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