SLENDER > 1 LE8HY. 





Wal \ Family. 



A New York State family of English and Scotch ancestry. 

 The Father, a business man, with diabetic tendencies, has al 60 

 the formula 180/G6 inches; build 2.9 (41). His sibs are all ball or vi 



tall. His father, a Scotch tanner, who had 'kidney trouble." which, 

 aggravated by influenza, caused hia death at 86 year-, had the formula 

 175/68 inches; build 2.7 (38). His mother, who suffered from neuralgia 

 and died of blood-poisoning at 64 years, had the formula 150 • '»<> incl 

 build 2.4 (341. This side of the house is thus of medium to fleshy build. 

 The Mother is subject to nervous prostration and intestinal indigestion 

 and has been operated on for uterine lacerations. At 52 she has the formula 

 125/67.5 inches; build 1.9 (27). Her father, who kept a country Btore and 

 died at 83 years of heart failure, had the formula 156 71 inches; build 

 2.2 (31). The Mother's mother, who died at 75 years of cancer of the 

 stomach, was hunch-backed from an accident when 3 years old; had long 

 arms and would probably have been tall. At 60 she had the formula 100 60 

 inches; build 2.0 (28). This side of the house is prevailingly -lender Two 

 children are: 



1. Male, a social worker, has at 30 years the formula 200 71 u 

 build 2.6 (37) ; adjusted to 55 years, 214/74 inches; build 2.8 (39). 



2. Male, a business man, has at 24 years the formula 160 71 inch* 

 build 2.2 (32) ; adjusted to 55 years. 178/71 inches; build 2.5 (35) 



Comment. — One child is fleshy like the Father, the other i< oi inter- 

 mediate build (R : Wal-4). 



Mating 2. Other Slendkr x Fleshy Matin 

 In addition to the selected cases of table 27, reference may be made 

 to other families of table VIII of which details air published In 

 with; and which reveal special matters of interest. Tiny ate not 

 included in mating 1, because there is always at leasl <>ne medium- 

 grade parent of the fleshy side of the house. The families are listed in 

 table 28, summarized here and described in extenso further on. 



Table 28. — Matings of a slender parent of slender stock and a fleshy parent of mind st.tck, 



together inth their progeny. 



Offspring: A, 38.01 ± 0.55. S. D., 4 7 I 



Bro-80. — One child out of 3 is very fleshy, <>t" a made that m our 

 experience never occurs when both parents are slender. 



