﻿CONTENTS 



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i. Introduction i 



2. Geographical and historical notes on the Great Oasis 3 



3. Recent data on the Kharga Oasis people 7 



4. General observations and information gathered by the writer 9 



Environment 9 



Social and medical records 13 



5. Vital statistics of the Kharga Oasis 16 



Population in 1907 16 



Births and Deaths 17 



Vital statistics of Kharga Village for five years 17 



Vital statistics of Gennah Village for five years 18 



Vital statistics of Boulac and Beris for one year 18 



Sex rate 19 



Vital statistics of Kharga and Gennah by quarters 20 



Births and deaths at Kharga by months 21 



Resume of vital statistics 21 



6. Physiological observations on the Kharga Oasis natives 22 



Pulse 23 



Respiration 24 



Temperature 26 



Pulse, respiration, and temperature in relation to age 2^ 



Pulse, respiration, and temperature in relation to extremes of 



stature 28 



Pulse, respiration, and temperature in relation to vigor 28 



Muscular strength 29 



Pressure force in hands 30 



Traction force 30 



Muscular strength according to age 31 



Resume of principal physiological observations 32 



7. Observations on the body 32 



Color 32 



Hair 33 



Features of the head 34 



Facial features 34 



Body and limbs 36 



Concluding remarks on non-instrumental observations 36 



8. Measurements 36 



Stature , 36 



Height sitting 38 



Relation of height sitting to stature 40 



Height and height sitting in the shortest and the tallest 42 



Head 42 



Length 42 



Breadth 43 



Relation of length and breadth of head to stature 44 



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