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fleshy, approaching a 1 : 3 ratio; or a rati., may be recognised of 2 medium 

 3 fleshy to very fleshy, and 2 obese; approximately a 1:2-1 r 

 (73 : 646). 



Hod A Family. 



A family of English extraction from Illinois. The Father, at si 

 had the formula 230/69 inches; build 3.4 (48 1. Of his 4 Bibs: (1)1 

 at 60 years had the formula 200/70 inches; build 2.9 (41); (2) 

 65 years, 200/64 inches; build 3.4 (49); (3) Bister, at 68 years, - 

 inches; build 2.9 (41); (4) Bister, at 60 years, 130/60 inches; build 2 



The Mother, at 50 years, 150/63 inches; build 2.7 (38) Her mot! 

 86, had the formula 150/64 inches; build 2.6 (37). The 10 children are: 



1. Male, at 55 years had the formula 242/09 inches; build 3.6 (51 i 



2. Male, at 60 years, 125/66 inches; build 2.0 (28). 



3. Male, at 21 rears, 180/69 inches; build 2.7 <38i ; adjusted to SI 

 199/69 inches; build 3.0 (42). 



4. Male, at 49 years, 210/67 inches; build 3.3 (47). 



5. Male, at 45 years, 190/67 inches; build 3.0 (42). 



6. Male, at 47 years, 225/69 inches; build 3.3 (47 i. 



7. Male, at 37 years, 180/66 inches; build 2.9 (41 1 ; adjusted to 55 

 185/66 inches; build 3.0 (43). 



8. Female, at 57 years, 125/64 inches; build 2.2 131 ). 



9. Female, at 53 years, 115/64 inches; build 2.0 (28). 



10. Female, at 39 years, had the formula 200/65 inches; build 3.3 (47); 

 adjusted to 55 years, 206/65 inches; build 3.4 (49). 



Comment. — This pedigree has a special interest because the original data 

 gave the Father's build as 26 and the Mother's as 28. This led to corre- 

 spondence which yielded the revised results according to which this fra- 

 ternity is the progeny of parents who grew fleshy in their later y< 

 stout instead of slender parents. Of the 10 children, 2 arc slender, 1 

 medium, 3 stout, and 4 very stout (S : Hod-A I . 



Mor Family. (Fig. 24.) 



Ill 13 <5 , short, in middle life weighed 90 kg. (200 pounds) ; very fleshy. 

 In later life he has grown slenderer. His mother was fleshy, like himself, 

 but his father was slender; consequently he is heterozygous 



III 14 9 , wife of above, is less than 153 cm. (60 inches) tall and weighs 

 about 63 kg. (140 pounds); build 2.7 (39); fleshy. At the tunc of 

 marriage she weighed 43 kg. (96 pounds); build 1.9 (27>; slender 11- r 

 fraternity of 7, of whom 5 are fleshy, 1 medium, and 1 slender. Tin 

 Nevertheless, III 14 apparently contains some non-fleshy genes, as ind 

 by her 6 children: 



(1) IV 10 9 , was stout as a child; when married at 24 year- she weighed 

 75 kg. (164 pounds); build 2.7 (39); fleshy. Now. at 41 years, she is 161 

 cm. (63.5 inches) tall, and weighs, net, 93 kg. (206 pounds) ; build 3.6 (62 

 very fleshy. For the past 7 years her weight has been invariable. Her pel 

 relative chest-girth is 108 -f- 161 = 68 per cent. She married a man of build 

 3.7 (53), very fleshy, of relative chest-girth of 60 per cent H< il i 

 fraternity of 7, of whom 5 are fleshy, 1 medium, and 1 -lender. Their 2 

 children are (a) <5 , who weighed 7.5 kg. (16.fi pounds) at birth, Lost 

 of the average of about 3 kg., and died at the age of 2 days, requiring a 

 casket large enough for a year-old child; (5) 9, at 13 yean M 1 - 

 (60 inches) tall, and weighs 63 kg. (139 pounds) ; build 2.7 39 fleshy; 

 relative chest-girth 97-^ 152, or 64 per cent. She weighed 6.6 kg. at birth, 



