ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA. 



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course, produce an effect which is especially evident. We believe, how- 

 ever, that photographic records of this type are important, particularly 

 for hospital cases, and are strongly to be recommended. In reduction 

 cures for obesity, particularly, such photographs might be of specific 

 value. 



In addition to the profile photographs, a group photograph was 

 taken of Squad A in November, when they had nearly reached their 

 minimum weight. This group photograph, which is reproduced in 

 figure 86, was taken on the lawn near the Laboratory and gives a 

 good indication of the appearance of the men at that period of the 

 research. Knowing that these men are on a reduced diet, one may 

 perhaps discern the evidence of emaciation, with possibly a drawn 

 look in the face, but had these men been in company with other 

 college men on the campus, it would have been very difficult for any 

 one to have selected them as members of the diet squad without 

 previous knowledge of that fact. In other words, these men were 

 not greatly dissimilar in appearance from their fellow students. Another 

 group photograph was taken on January 11, 1918, in which not only 

 Squad A but also Squad B and the investigators were included. (See 

 frontispiece.) On this date Squad B had been but 3 days on a reduced 

 diet, and hence were practically in a normal condition. 



BODY-SURFACE. 



The body-surface of the men in Squads A and B has been computed 

 both from the photographs and from the Du Bois measurements. 

 Finally, for further comparison we have drawn off the predicted sur- 

 face areas from the height-weight chart. These values are given in 

 tables 18 and 19. The method of computing the body-surface from 



Table 18. — Body-surface measured by different methods — Squad A. 



^The first body-surface measurements with Kon were obtained October 27. 



