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alcohol and glycerine. They were measured and weighed before 

 being dissected and the heart was measured and weighed as soon 

 as the thorax was opened. As a rule the embalming fluid was 

 injected into the femoral veins under a pressure of six pounds. 

 In many bodies this leaves the chambers of the heart moderately 



TABLE 4 



Average percentage of divergence from the' standard silhouette area and standhrd 

 heart weight corresponding to a given body weight from dissectinj room data 



distended. Such bodies were selected for this study. Bodies 

 showing cardiac lesions or in which from one cause or another 

 the heart was distorted were not utilized for the data here tabu- 

 lated although frequently utilized for other data in the study of the 

 heart. The weight of the heart was controlled and in some 



