859 



it detracts somewhat from their value that mostly the body weights 

 of the adult men and women were not determined. These weights 

 are not wanting in tlie tables of Wei.ckeii. 



In Table III I have recorded all Welckkr's data for so far as 

 they refer to (he muscle weight, except woman N". 3. The deter- 

 minations put together by Wklcker concern mostly men and 

 women in good health, who have died a sudden death. Except 1. 5 

 and III. 4r, which have been borrowed from Bischoff's "Hirngewicht 

 des Menschen", they were carried out by him and other investigators, 



TABLE III. — Body weight and muscle weight of 10 men and 3 women. 

 (Borrowed from Tables I to III, p. 38 to 40, in Welcker- Brandt, 

 Gewichtswerthe der Körperorgane bei dem Menschen und den Thieren 



i I ^ '^ 



NO. I Age, Height, in >,^-| 



I in years cm. £§ .5? w 



i I ^ •- 



•^ *j~ I Relative weight of the 

 3 .Sf» M muscles in "/o of P 



Women HI. 1 

 .2 

 »4') 



Averages 



61 

 55 

 22 



153 44000 14776 



160 47000 15625 



159 55400 19846 



157.3 



44800 16749 



33.58 

 33.24 

 35.82 



34.32 



1) Woman N'. 3 has been omitted here: "Diese Beslimmungen" (namely one 

 more of a newly born child) "falls sie sich überhaupt auf normale Körper beziehen, 

 schliessen erhebliche Fehler in sich". (loc. cit , p. 14). 



