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INANITION AND MALNUTRITION 



due to inanition. My own observations indicate a marked decrease in the 

 weight of the heart during tuberculosis in adults, but not in children. 



In atrophic infants, Ohlmuller ('82) found weights as shown in the accom- 

 panying table. 



Heart Weight in Atrophic Infants (Ohlmuller '82) 



Thus apparently the heart is variable in relative weight in atrophic infants, 

 but the lack of data concerning the previous body weight in these cases makes 

 conclusions very uncertain. 



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Fig. 71. — Graph showing the individual weights of the heart, according to body length, in 

 atrophic infants. Data from various sources, the larger dots representing original Minnesota 

 cases. The curve of normal heart weight is from data compiled by Prof. R. E. Scammon. 

 In most cases, the heart weight appears clearly below normal, although there is much variation. 



DeTommasi ('94) and Thiercelin ('04) stated that the heart is small in 

 infantile atrophy, while Bovaird and Nicoll in an extensive series (571 autopsies, 

 birth to 5 years of age) found the heart weight in general reduced nearly in pro- 

 portion to the body weight. Lange and Feldmann ('21) concluded from fluoro- 



