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plane, its deviation along the yy direction will also be nothing. It will be 

 some distance, however, from the floor in a vertical direction ; in tbe case of 

 Braune and Fischer's subject, 152 cms. Again, let us take the centre of 



Fig. 122. — Showing the position of the centre of gravity of the whole body and of the head 

 (-), and also the position of the centres of rotation of the chief joints (.) in reference 

 to three co-ordinate planes. — Braune and Fischer. 



rotation of the right hip. By construction this also will fall in the frontal 

 plane, and its deviation in the xx direction will be nothing. It is not, 

 however, in the mesial plane, lying in fact to its right. In the subject under 

 discussion it is +8*5 c.c. on the yy direction. Its distance from the ground 

 in a vertical direction is 87 cms. 



