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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



vol. 59 



KHARGA OASIS, MEN: PRESSURE FORCE IN THE HANDS 1 



Number of observations in each hand: 115. 

 Average, right hand: 33.8; left hand: 31.1kg. (1st 50: right hand 334, left 



hand 30.9; 2d 50: right hand 33.4, left hand 31.2.) 

 Median : right hand 33, left hand 31. Modes : right hand 28 and 34, left 



hand 31. 

 Minimum : right hand 24, left hand 21. Maximum : right hand 49, left hand 45. 



Table of frequencies : 





CM 



CO 

 CM 



10 



0* 



cm 



o\ 



CM 



co 



co 

 ? 





O 



CM 



CM 



CM 



4 



01 



vo 



CM 



00 

 CM 



O 

 CO 



CM 



CO 



Number of cases : 

















right hand 







2 



14 



16 



14 



13 



left hand 



2 



2 



13 



17 



12 



22 



7 



Per cent : 

















right hand 







1.7 



12.2 



13.9 



12.2 



11.3 



left hand 



1.7 



1.7 



11.3 



14.8 



10.4 



19.1 



6.1 





CO 



co 



co 

 CO 



ON 



CO 



00 



CO 







CO 



r 



CM 





vo 



on 



00 



1 



Number of cases : 



right hand 19 



left hand 15 



Per cent : 



right hand 16.5 



left hand | 13.0 



10 



9 



8.7 

 7.8 



4 

 11 



3.5 

 9.6 



9 

 1 



7.8 

 0.9 



5 

 4 



4.3 

 3.5 



6 

 5.2 



2 



1.7 



1 

 0.9 



1 Maximum, in kilograms. 



KHARGA OASIS, MEN: TESTS OF MUSCULAR FORCE: TRACTION 1 



Number of observations: ill. 



Average: 22.3kg. (1st 50: 21.3; 2d 50: 22.6.) 



Median: 21. Mode: 25. 



Minimum : 12. Maximum : 37. 



Table of frequencies: 





CO 



l-O 



r^ 



On m 

 ►h CM 



CO 

 CM 



10 



CM 



CM 



CM 



0\ 

 CM 



1— 1 



cp 



CO 

 CO 



10 



CO 



CO 





IN 



^t 



NO 



00 



H 1 CM 



CM 

 CM 



CM 



00 

 CM 







CO 



CM 

 CO 



CO 



NO 



CO 



Number of cases. 



2 



10 



14 



12 



17 



10 



16 



13 



3 



7 



5 



I 



I 



Percent 



1.8 



9-0 



12.6 



10.8 



15.3 



9.0 



14.4 



11.7 



2.7 



6.3 



4.5 



0.9 



0.0 



In kilograms. 



The above data show that the Kharga natives are on the average 

 a rather weak lot. The pressure force, with the same instrument and 

 method, averages in white males in the right hand about 45 kg., in the 

 left 37 kg., and the traction 27 kg. Fifteen healthy and as far as 



