BOTH PARENTS FLESHY. 



Comment.— This result is difficult to interpret. A mating of two "pure" 



strains of obesity produces 3 offspring, all of whom were fleshy h. 

 adolescence and of whom 2 remain very fleshy; but 1 (at 22 

 said to have become "thin" since the age of 17 years. It seems probable 

 that he also should be recorded as essentially fleshy (73 : 666). 



Flo-3 Family, i Fig. 29.) 



This is a family of which all grandparents and Father w.n bora in north 

 Ireland; the children were horn and reared in Greater New York. 

 Father, a blacksmith and fanner, Buffers from digestion troubles; at 63 his 

 formula 185/65 inches; build 3.1 (44). 1 1 i- father, a blacksmith, died at 

 40 of acute indigestion; his formula 204/70 inches; build 2.9 (42). II. 

 mother, who died of pleurisy at 50 years, had the formula 200 69 ini 

 build 2.9 (42). Thus this side of the house is of stout build. 



The Mother has at 60 years the formula 200/64 indie-; build 3.4 (49). 

 She is fat, good-natured, and a poor housekeeper. Her father, who was a 

 carpenter and killed by an accident at 

 47 years, had the formula 180/70 inches; 

 build 2.6 (37). Her mother, who died 

 of old age at 75 years, had the formula 

 140/63 inches; build 2.5 (35). No 

 ''direct" heredity appears in the Mother's 

 obesity. The 7 children: 



1. Male, a bookkeeper, who has spinal 

 curvature, has at 38 years the formula 

 140/60 inches; build 2.7 (39); but this 

 i> clearly abnormally high, associated 

 with his pathologically short stature. 



2. Female, a musician, has at 36 years 

 the formula 160/68 inches; build 2.4 

 (35); adjusted to 50 years, 173/68 

 inches; build 2.7 (37). 



3. Male, a detective, fond of outdoor life, has at 32 years the formula 

 190/69 inches; build 2.8 (40); adjusted to 50 vears, 200/69 inches; build 

 3.0 (42). 



4. Male, an army officer, at 29 vears 186/71 inches; build 2.6 (37); 

 adjusted to 50 years, 199/71; build 2^8 (39). 



5. Male, a policeman, with a historv of pneumonia, at 27 years, 200 72 

 inches; build 2.7 (39); adjusted to 50 years, 215 72 inches; build 2.9 (42). 



6. Female, a teacher, subject to indigestion, at 21 years, 131 65 incl i 

 build 2.2 (31) ; adjusted to 50 years, 150/65 inches; build 2.5 (36). 



7. Male, in the automobile business, with a history of pneumonia, has at 

 20 years the formula 168/68 inches; build 2.6 (36); adjusted to 50 

 187/68 inches; build 2.8 (40). 



Comment. — The build of the children is rather uniformly between 2.1 

 and 2.9 (42), mostly in the stout class, like the Father, but far below the 

 obese Mother (R : Flo-3). 



( roi A Family . 



A family of English extraction, living in Maine. The Father, at 86, had 

 the formula 160/67 inches; build 2.5 (37). 



The Mother, at 60, had the formula 250 68 inches; build MS (541 Her 

 eldest brother weighed 200 pound- :it •'<() yean Her youngest brother 



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Fig. 29— Pedigree chart showing distribu- 

 tion <>f build in tli^ I u>-3 family. 



