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training table for dinner on that day. On crutches about 4 days; foot in 

 cast 1 1 days ; unable to exercise much for about 3 weeks after accident. Loose- 

 ness of bowels Dec. 10. Physical activities: Captain of second soccer team. 

 According to personal estimate Sept. 27, about 25 hours a week spent in 

 physical exercise, such as walking, playing tennis, football, gymnasium work, 

 etc. Oct. 23, seen running up dormitory stairs two steps at a time and 

 whistling; Dec. 4, observed in gymnasium class by one of us and doing as 

 well as average of class. Feb. 1, at 12 noon, "chinned bar" in gymnasium 

 12 times, equaling previous best record which was two years before. Same 

 date, took part in arm-holding contest, continuing for whole period of 1 

 hour. 



CAN. 



Kenneth B. Canfield; born March 6, 1892; home Somerville, Mass.; 

 age 26 years; height 177 cm. ; nude weight 79.75 kilos. Medical examination: 

 Nov. 21, 1917, negative. Family history: Mother somewhat stout; ma- 

 ternal grandfather stout (weighed 200 pounds); subject resembles mother; 

 no tuberculosis. College course: Secretarial. Personal data: Oct. 24, tired 

 and tooth ached. Oct. 27-28, severe headache when he went into chamber at 

 beginning of experiment. Nov. 4, complained of being cold and of low 

 body temperature. Nov. 16, more or less stiffness, particularly in muscles 

 of thighs. Nov. 27, Ught case of tonsihtis; throat red, congested, and several 

 patches on tonsils; tonsils somewhat swollen; temperature sub-normal; chilly; 

 well Dec. 5. Physical activities: Sept. 27, according to personal estimate, 

 about 12 hours per week spent in physical exercise, such as walking, playing 

 tennis, football, gymnasium work, etc. Nov. 11, took 4-mile walk. Jan. 

 26, seen running upstairs. Feb. 1, at 12 noon, "chinned bar" in gymnasium 

 5 times; probably this his best record. Same date, took part in arm-holding 

 contest for 37 minutes of the 1-hour test; third man of Squad A to fall out. 



FRE. 



Lester F. Fretter; born Nov. 18, 1892; home Cleveland, Ohio; age 25 

 years; height 167 cm.; nude weight 57.5 kilos. Medical examination: Oct. 

 2, 1917, negative. Family history: No record. College course: Physical. 

 Personal data: Oct. 20 developed pain and soreness in epigastrium; pain 

 relieved on eating. Examined by Dr. Chapin Oct. 22; possibility of gastric 

 ulcer; again examined by Dr. Chapin Oct. 24, who reported the subject was 

 undoubtedly undernourished for the amount of work he was doing in college 

 and advised his being relieved from squad duty; dropped from squad Oct. 

 25; last day at training table Oct. 24. Physical activities: According to 

 personal estimate Sept. 27, spent about 25 hours a week in physical exercise, 

 such as walking, playing tennis, football, gymnasium work, etc. Led gym- 

 nasium classes at high school. 



KON. 



Everett R. Kontner; born Feb. 7, 1898; home Nelsonville, Ohio; age 

 20 years; height 168 cm.; nude weight 69 kilos. Medical examination: 

 Not made. Family history: Mother has shght tendency to obesity; no 

 tuberculosis. College course: Physical. Personal data: Joined Squad A 

 Oct. 30, 1917, as successor to Fre. Nov. 16, nasal catarrh with some head- 

 ache for two days preceding. Nov. 18, in playing football, muscles of left 

 arm strained and injury to nose, possibly nose broken. Nov. 19, reported 

 nose not broken and accident not serious. Nov. 30 entered hospital for 

 removal of part of turbinated bones, tonsils, and adenoids, and for straight- 

 ening of septum of nasal cavity; discharged from hospital evening of Dec. 



