ANTHROPOMETRY 87 



BODY AND LIMBS 



General state: thin lank medium very muscular plump obese. 

 Asymmetries : 



EARS 

 Marked peculiarities: 



FINGERS AND TOES 



Length: short medium long. 



Position: normal standing apart crowding. 



Peculiarities and Anomalies: 



BREASTS 



(in women who have had no children) 

 Shape : conical intermediate hemispherical. 

 Size : small medium large. 

 Anomalies: 



PHYSIOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS 



Pulse: Subject sitting, at rest, and not soon after a meal or during 

 fasting, after a long walk or other strenuous exercise, after or under 

 excitement. A good method is for the observer to count by quarters 

 of a minute, repeating until right count is ascertained. 



Respiration: Same general rules as for pulse. Count immediately 

 after taking pulse and without attracting subject's attention (impor- 

 tant). Count by minutes. 



Temperature: Same general rules as for pulse. Taken invariably 

 under the tongue, the thermometer being introduced before we begin 

 to take our visual observations and count the pulse; these give 

 plenty of time for a correct record with even a slow thermometer. 



Remarks: In connection with pulse, respiration and temperature, 

 record time of day, and also invariably the condition of the tongue. A 

 coated tongue often tells of temporary or chronic derangement which 

 modifies the temperature, pulse, and perhaps even respiration. No 

 records of subjects with coated tongue should be included in the 

 eventual analysis into the "normal" series. 



HAND PRESSURE 



Dynamometric observations may well be restricted to pressure 

 with each hand, leaving out traction, lifting strength, etc. The object 



