BOTH PARENTS SLENDER. 





that all were combined in their eldest son. causing him to develop 

 fleshiness further than either of his parents. 



Table 22. — Otfur matinga of a slender and a very Blender parent, together with ■■ 



Cod-1 Family. 



A family of English extraction living in Ohio. The Father, a salesman, 

 suffered in youth from whooping-cough, measles, inflammatory rheumatism; 

 in middle age from mumps and smallpox. He is living at 45 years, having 

 the formula 125/66 inches; build 2.0 (29). His father, a farmer, died at ">i'> 

 years from influenza and heart trouble. At 45 years he had the formula 

 160/68 inches; build 2.4 (35). His mother, who suffered from indigestion, 

 died at 72 years from ''sclerosis of liver." At 45 years her formula was 

 135/64 inches; build 2.3 (33). Thus this side of the house is of medium 

 to slender build. 



The Mother, who in youth had mumps, measles, hives, scarlet fever, 

 tonsillitis, and rheumatism, and in middle life sick headaches, tonsillitis, 

 and pneumonia, is living at 45 years, having the formula 95/1)2 inches ; build 

 1.8 1 25 1. Her father, a farmer, who in youth suffered from malaria and in- 

 digestion and in middle age from heart trouble, gravel, and indigestion, died 

 at 80 years from pneumonia and heart trouble, having the formula 150/71 

 inches; build 2.1 (30). Her mother, who in youth had whooping-COUgh, 

 mumps, erysipelas, asthma, pneumonia, and in middle age measles, asthma, 

 neuralgia, pneumonia, and a slight attack of rheumatism, is living at 77 

 years. At 45 years her formula was 108/60 inches; build 2.1 (30 > . Thus 

 this side of the house is slender to very slender. The 2 children arc: 



1. Male, a druggist, who suffered from all the children's diseases and 

 appendicitis, pneumonia, smallpox, rheumatism, and asthma, and loses B to 

 10 pounds in winter and gains it back in summer, has at 20 year- the 

 formula 100/62 inches; build 1.8 (26). 



2. Female, who in youth suffered from all the children- di» 

 besides nervous nausea, pneumonia, and tonsillitis, has at IS J the 

 formula 95/61 inches; build 1.8 (26). 



Comment. — Thus both children are of slender build I R: Cod 1 >. 



Jos-1 Family. 



A family whose paternal and maternal grandparents lived in Baden and 

 Latvia respectively; parents and children living 10 Pennsylvania. 

 The Latvian Father, who in middle age Buffered from a "touch" 



typhoid, has at 60 years the formula 112/68 inches; build 1.7 (34). 



The Badenish Mother, who had three children, died at 54 yean from 

 pneumonia, having the formula 120/67 inches; build 1.9 (27). 



