INT.] 



ON NORMAL GROWTH 



291 



KG. 



22 



21 

 20 

 19 

 18 

 17 



15 

 li 

 13 



11 

 10 

 9 

 8 

 1 

 6 

 5 

 4 

 3 



1 







21 



20 

 10 

 13 

 17 

 IB 

 15 

 U 

 13 

 12 

 11 

 10 

 9 

 8 

 7 

 6 

 5 

 4 

 3 

 2 

 1 





z 



012345678 YEARS 



FIG. 83. Curve of growth of man. The ordinates represent weight in kilogrammes. 



The prenatal part of the curve is constructed from the data of FEHLINO ('77) ; 



the postnatal part from QUETELET (71) for the male. The curve of the first 



twelve months of postnatal life is adapted from GALTON ('Si). 



LITERATURE 



BAUDRIMONT, A., and G. T. MARTIX SAINT-AXGE, '51. Recherches anato- 

 miques et physiologiques sur le developpement du foetus et en parti- 

 culier sur 1'evolution embryonnaire des oiseaux et des batrachiens. 

 Mem. presentes par divers savants a 1'Acad. des Sci. de 1'Inst. Nat. de 

 France. XI, 469-692. 18 pis. 



