33. VITAL CAPACITY VS WEIGHT: CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS 



Ventilatory values of Stewart conform to ATPS conditions. All other ventilatory values are corrected to BTPS 

 conditions (cf Page 1). Values in parentheses are ranges; in data of Morse they conform to estimate "c" of the 95% 

 range (cf Introduction); in data of Ferris. Shock, and Stewart, they conform to estimate "b, " unless otherwise 

 indicated. 



Males 



/I/ The maximal volume of gas expelled from the lungs by forceful effort, following maximal inspiration. /2/ Sub- 

 jects seated; Benedict- Roth type spirometer (Collins ventilometer) with the soda lime container and valves removed. 

 HI AH measurements made in recumbent position; Sanborn closed- circuit wet spirometer. /4/ Position not stated; 

 wet spirometer. /5/ From single determination. 



Contributors : (a) Ferris, B. G., Jr., (b) Morrow, P. E., (c) Morse, M.. (d) Shock, N. W. , (e) Whittenberger, J. L. 



References : [1] Ferris, B. G., Jr., Whittenberger, J. L., and Gallagher, J. R., Pediatrics, Springf. 9:659, 1952. 

 12] Ferris, B. G.. Jr.. and Smith. C. W., ibid 1^:341, 1953. [3] Morse, M., Schlutz. F. W., and Cassels, D. E., 

 J. Clin. Invest. 31^:380, 1952. [4] Morse. M., Univ. of Chicago, unpublished. [5] Shock, N. W., and Norris, A. H., 

 Gerontology Branch, National Institutes of Health, unpublished. ( 6] Stewart, C. A., Am. J. Dis. Child. 24:451, 1922. 



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