CHAPTER V. 



THE PHASES OF LIFE. 



THE child has at birth, on an average, rather less than one-third 

 the maximum length, and about one-twentieth the maximum 

 weight, to which in future years it will attain. 



The composition of the body of the new-born babe, as compared 

 with that of the adult, will be seen from the following table, in 

 which the details are more full than those given on p. 443. 



Weight of organ in 



adult, as compared 



with that of new-born 



babe taken as 1. 



17 

 37 

 12 

 12 

 13-6 



Weight of organ in percentage 

 of Body- weight 



Adult. 



028 

 2-37 

 48 

 6'3 

 277 

 52 



2-34 



2-01 



15-35 



43-1 



8 



15 

 20 



20 

 26 

 28 

 60 



It will be observed that the brain and eyes are, relatively to 

 the whole body-weight, very much larger in the babe than in the 

 adult, as is also, though to a less extent, the liver. This dispro- 

 portion is a very marked embryonic feature, and as far as the brain 



