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FIELDS, GRAPHS, AND OTHER DATA ON FETAL GROWTH. 



compensate for the possible differences between the average and the median. The fact 

 that my curve, which is based on 2,394 cases, does not reach 50 cm. until 282 days, may be 

 due to the fact that it is lowered, especially in its highest portion near term, by the presence 

 of cases with too long an alleged duration. Through a reduction in scale it has also become 

 very regular. The rather marked inclination from the vertical at its upper extremity also 



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Curves of growth based on length 

 Fiq. 6. 

 Graphs of Shroeder-Ahlfeld (Stratz) Hennig, Mall, Toldt, Zangenmeister, Hasse, and 

 Meyer (partial) for length. 



