114 FAMILY STUDIES IN BUILD. 



II 15 9 , the wife of II 14, at 38 years has a stature of 153 cm. (60 

 inches) ; weight 69 kg. (151 pounds) ; build 2.9 (42) ; fleshy (and has been 

 fleshier) ; her relative chest-girth is 61 per cent. She has had 7 sibs, as 

 follows: II 16 $ , very fleshy; II 17 9 , at 50 years, stature 151 cm. (59 

 inches); weighs 56 kg. (124 pounds); build 2.5 (36); medium; relative 

 chest-girth 63 per cent; II 18 9 , "plump." II 20 9 , very fleshy and has 3 

 slender children; II 21 2 , "plump." II 22 S , of medium build. II 23 

 $ , at 31 years, stature 150 cm. (59 inches) ; weight 69 kg. (151 pounds) ; 

 build 3.0 (43) ; fleshy; relative chest-girth 67 per cent. 



The father of the foregoing fraternity was slender and the mother fleshy. 

 Hence it seems probable that some or all of the mother's fraternity carry a 

 gene for slenderness. 



The children of II 14 and 15 are 4 in number. Ill 14 9 , at 16 years has 

 stature of 157 cm. (62 inches) ; weight 44 kg. (97 pounds) ; build 1.9 (27) ; 

 slender; III 15 9 , 15 years, stature 145 cm. (57 inches) ; weight 85 kg. 

 (187 pounds) ; build 4.0 (57) ; very fleshy; relative chest-girth, 78 per cent; 

 she began to grow fleshy at 5 years; is a very heavy eater; III 16 $ , 9 years, 

 is slender, and III 17 was at 4 years a very fat babv, but is now a slender 

 child. 



Comment. — Slenderness and fleshiness occur in the same fraternity; the 

 eventual proportions can not yet be stated, since two of the children are 

 very young (73 : 697). 



Pot-4 Family. 



A family of British extraction; living chiefly in Illinois. 



The Father, who is a farmer, suffered in youth from typhoid fever; is 

 living at 52 years, having the formula 150/67 inches; build 2.3 (33). His 

 father, who was a farmer and in middle age subject to heart trouble, died 

 at 57 years from heart failure. His formula 170/70 inches; build 2.4 (35). 

 His mother, who has always been well, is living at 77 years, having at 74 

 years the formula 105/61 inches; build 2.0 (28). 



The Mother, who has 5 children, has always been well. She is living at 

 48 years, having the formula 165/65 inches; build 2.7 (39). Her father, 

 who was a farmer, in middle age suffered from a nervous breakdown; he 

 died at 71 years of apoplexy, having the formula 150/72 inches; build 2.0 

 (29). Her mother, who died at 67 years from erysipelas, had the formula 

 200/68 inches; build 3.0 (43). Three grown children: 



1. Male, a chemist, always well, has at 24 years the formula 160/71 

 inches; build 2.2 (32) ; adjusted to 50 years, 177/71 inches; build 2.5 (35). 



2. Male, farmer, always well, has at 22 years the formula 155/66.5 

 inches; build 2.5 (35) ; adjusted to 50 years, 168/66.5 inches; build 2.7 (38). 



3. Female, a student at college, always well, has at 18 years the formula 

 135/64 inches; build 2.3 (33); adjusted to 50 years, 156/64 inches; build 

 2.7 (38). 



Comment. — The children's builds lie between those of the parents 

 (R: Pot-4). 



Sta-7 Family. 



A family of German extraction, living in the Central States. 



The Father, who is a farmer, suffered in middle age from sciatic rheuma- 

 tism; he is living at 69 years, having the formula 165/70 inches; build 

 2.4 (34). His father, who was a farmer, was always well; he died from 

 apoplexy at 87 years, having the formula 155/67 inches; build 2.4 (35). His 

 mother died from heart trouble at 69 years, having the formula 130/67 

 inches; build 2.0 (29). 



