PHASES IN THE LIFE OF THE INDIVIDUAL 663 



less than two per cent, of the original growth power with which 

 we were endowed. Over 98 per cent, of the loss is accomplished 

 before birth less than two per cent, after birth/' The accom- 



600% 



FIG. 141. (From C. S. Minot's Problem of Age, Growth, and Death, 

 G. S. Putnam & Sons, and John Murray.) 



panying diagram represents roughly the rate of growth in Man 

 before birth. The time intervals correspond to the ten lunar 

 months of gestation. The rate of increase in the first three 



