BOTH PAREN is I I.l.sil v. 



71 



fleshy. Ill 13 is a boy of 5 years; his relative chest-girth i 112 01 61, 



fleshy. Ill 14 is a 6-months-old baby weighing 64 kn. or 14.1 pounde : t r i< 1 



very chubby. 



Comment. — Thus with the exception of the first (of whom no details 

 were obtained), all of the children are, or have been, fleshy; tin- 

 suggests that both parents are homozygous for fleshiness. The meaning 

 the exceptional son is uncertain; various hypothesee may be entertained: 

 illegitimacy, poor health following a fleshy childhood, the possiblt 

 ence of a factor for slenderness in both parental gamete- (73 ; 652). 



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Fig. 27. — Pedigree chart of Cam family. 



Ekb-1 Family. 



A family of Swedish extraction; parents emigrated to Illinois, where all 

 the children were born. The Father, a farmer, suffered in middle _ rom 

 dropsy and severe headaches. He is living at 56 year-, having the formula 

 225/67 inches; build 3.5 (50). He has 6 sibs: (1) brother, dead, :■ 

 250/70 inches; build 3.6 (51); (2) brother, 225/66 inches; build 

 (3) sister, 180/63 inches; build 3.2 (45). Others are not described. Their 

 father, a farmer, died at 79 year- from "gangrene subsequent to senile paral- 

 ysis," having a formula 170/M inches; build, say 2.6 (36). Their mother 

 died at 79 years from senile paralysis, having the formula 200 M 

 build, say 3.5 (50). 



The Mother, who in youth and middle age suffered from at 



51 years the formula 160/65 inches; build 2.7 (38). Two of her brotl 

 and one sister are tall and nervous. Of the 6 children, 1 survive as adu 



1. Male, a university instructor, nervous, has at 30 years formula 

 190/70 inches; build 2.7 (39); adjusted to 55 yi 202 7" inches, build 

 2.9 (41). 



2. Male, a university instructor, who in youth suffered from p<>h 

 elitis, has at 28 the formula 200 OS inches; 'huh. 1 3.0 : 



years. 212/68 inches, build 3.2 (46). 



3. Female, who suffered in youth from headaches, has at 2 

 formula 180/64 inches; build 3.1 (44) : adjusted I ears, 196 64 in< 

 build 3.3 (48). 



4. Male, a farmer, who in youth suffered from headache-, has i I 22 ; 

 the formula 180/68 inches; build 2.7 (39); adjust* 



inches, build 3.0 (43). 



