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VEA. 



Ronald T. Veal; born Sept. 6, 1895; home Michigan City, Indiana; age 

 22 years; height 175 cm.; nude weight 65.75 kilos. Medical examination: 

 Oct. 2, 1917, negative. Family history: Most of mother's family fleshy; 

 father's family thin; subject resembles father. College course: Secretarial. 

 Personal data: Nov. 7, had cold, sore throat, and felt ill. Dec. 10, felt chilly 

 at supper time, but no sore throat. Dec. 12, was nervous; hardly able to 

 shave. Jan. 31, counted pulse sitting in class at 10^15°» a. m., 32 per minute; 

 later, lying down for about 4 minutes in his room, at U'^SO™ a. m., 28 per 

 minute. Physical activities: According to a personal estimate on Sept. 27, 

 about 21 hours a week spent in physical exercise, such as walking, playing 

 tennis, football, gymnasium work, etc. Feb. 1, at 12 noon, ''chinned bar" 

 5 times; best record 15 times three years before. Same date, in afternoon, 

 took part in arm-holding contest, continuing to end of 1-hour period. 



SQUAD B. 



FIS. 



Edward M. Fisher; born Aug. 10, 1891; home Reading, Pennsylvania; 

 age 26 years; height 177 cm.; nude weight 76.0 kilos. Family history: Father 

 5 feet 10 inches and weighs 230 pounds. Mother normal, has three sisters, 

 all healthy, not stout, also two brothers normal. No tuberculosis. College 

 course: Physical. Personal data: Operation for hernia; in hospital Dec. 

 4-19, inclusive. 



HAR. 



Victor H. Hartshorn; born Mar. 9, 1898; home Washington, D. C; age 

 20 years; height 175 cm. ; nude weight 63.0 kilos. Family history: Mother and 

 father both rheumatic. College course: Physical. Personal data: No record. 



HOW. 



Karl Z. Howland; born Mar. 12, 1899; home Phillips, Maine; age 19 years; 

 height 179 cm.; nude weight 70.0 kilos. Family history: Father and mother 

 died of tuberculosis of lungs; only child. College course: Physical. Personal 

 data: No record. 



HAM. 



Robert L. Hammond; born Oct. 1, 1897; home Derby, Connecticut; age 

 20 years; height 184 cm.; nude weight 75.0 kilos. Family history: Negative. 

 Has two brothers who are thin; one sister healthy. College course: Physical. 

 Personal data: Can eat no fruit or jelly, as he says he can not keep them 

 down; was not asked to eat them. 



KIM. 



Harold L. Kimball; born Feb. 11, 1893; home Waltham, Massachusetts; 

 age 25 years; height 176 cm.; nude weight 61.9 kilos. Family history: No 

 obesity or tuberculosis. One brother, thin. College course: Secretarial. 

 Personal data: Jan. 5, 1918, served as subject in Boston first time in place of 

 Lon. Jan. 21, said "It is a long way up here (4th floor of Laboratory); I 

 feel a Httle weak." 



LON. 



Robert H. Long; born March 14, 1896; home Brooklyn, New York; age 

 22 years; height 179 cm.; nude weight 66.8 kilos. Family history: Mother 

 "rather stout"; dead. Father normal. Only child. No tuberculosis in 



