THE HACK CHOSS. 



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fraternity of 8 of whom something is known of the following: I l 

 slender; 12 5, stature 183 (72 inches); weight 90 kg (200 ; n 

 build 2.7 (38.5); fleshy; slender as a child. I 3, married I 4, wl : at 



32, was tall, slender, angular. A brother is of medium build. 



They have 5 children: II 1 c5 , died at 53 years of ind 

 189 cm. (74 inches); weight 90 kg. (200 pounds); build 2.6 (37 

 II 2 9 , always slender. II 3 9 , Blender. 114 $ , at 64, etatun 175 

 (69 inches) ; weight 88 kg. (194 pounds); build 2.9 (41); fleshy. R< lal 

 chest-girth 108-^-175, or 62 per rent. He first began to increase in b 

 at 22 years and at 30 years had his present build; loses weight after vigor- 

 ous exercise. He married a woman (II 5) who, like himself, was Blender 

 in youth, but began to grow fleshy at 39, and now has a build oi 2.9 I 11 I. 

 She has 2 slender, 2 fleshy, and 2 very fleshy Bibs, and her pan 

 both very fleshy. The foregoing couple (II 4. 5) have 2 children who gj 



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Fig. 44. — Pedigree chart showing distribution of 

 build in Van family. 



up. Ill 1 9 at 28 years, keeps slender by constant dieting. Ill 2 



of twins) at 25 years, very slender, nervous, and irritable. The children 



have not yet reached the age when their mother became fleshy. 



Finally, II 7 9 , at 50 years, is 170 cm. (67 inches) tall and w< . R8 

 kg. (195 pounds); build 3.1 (43); fleshy. She was -lender up I 27 

 of age. She is married to a somewhat fleshy man and their da 

 27 is of medium build, but beginning to mow fleshy. 



Comment. — The mating of a man of build 3.0, of a fraternity I 

 variable in build, and a woman of slender build yields grown children with 

 following builds: 2.6, "slender," "slender," 2.9 (slender in youth), and 3 l 

 (slender in youth). Three of the five become fleshy, but probably only 

 in life — the heterozygous reaction (73 : 745). 



Wat Family. 



A family of English extraction living in Wyoming. T ; I 1 ather, ■ 

 tuberculosis, has the formula 125 68 inches; build 1.9 (27) H - 

 was slender and of average height. His mother was fleshy and i 

 height. 



The Mother had at 50 the formula 165 64 inches; build 2.8 but 



averaged usually from 120 to 128 pounds. She had ible 



father, an invalid and sufferer from tuberculosis, rheumatism, oeuraJj I 



