THE BACK CROSS. 



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Rec Family, B. (Fig. 47.) 



Ill 1 6 , fleshy, with a fleshy father and Blender mother, married to III 

 2 9 (plate 9, fig. 2i, who at 53 yean baa a stature ol 150 cm (59 

 and weight of much over 90 kg. (200 pounds) ; build I <t 157 1 . ol>< • Her 

 relative chest-girth is 135-:- 150, or 90 per cent ; extraordinarily i 

 16, when married, she weighed 110 pounds; build 2.2 (32);m< lium I 

 4 sibs and both parents are exceedingly obese (her mother weigl ; 

 [360 pounds | and has a build of 7.0 | 100] ►. 



The foregoing pair had 5 children, I of whom du-d young I 

 IV 2 $ , at 36 years has a stature of 168 cm. (66 inches) ami weight 

 104 kg. (229 pounds) ; build 3.7 (53); very fleshy. Ber relative ch< st-girth 

 is 130^-168, or 77 per cent. She had at her marriage, wh< □ 23 ■ ars old 

 (to a slender man), a build of 2.3 (33), medium grade. After marri 

 increased rapidly in weight, menstruation became Bcant, -he lost tl 

 instinct, and is barren (plate 7, fig. 3). 



Comment. — A tendency to extreme obesity run- m four gent I 

 This is apparently of the adiposo-genitalis type, with Bterility in the L 

 generation. Obvious dominant factors are at work here i 73 : 714 i. 



Rid Family. (Fig. 48.) 



II 2 <5 died at 54 years; short and weighed 110 kg. (210 pounds) ; build, 

 say, 3.9 (56) ; very fleshy. A brother who died at 52 of apoplexy was fleshy, 

 married a fleshy woman, and had a fleshy son. The mother of this frater- 

 nity was fleshy; about her consort's build nothing is known, but he ha 

 fleshy sister (II). 



2 3 4 5 6 7 



6 7 — 8 9 10 II 



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17 18 19 20 :i 



13 



3 4 



Fig. 48. — Pedigree chart showing distribution <>f bufld i" 'I'- Kn> family. 



II 3 9 , wife of II 2. died of senility at 89; she weighed over 9 

 pounds). She had 7 sibs: Hi II 4 ? died of epilepsy, was ol medium 

 weight, married, and had 5 children. A of medium weight and 1 Be 

 (2) II 5 9 of unknown build. I Mi 9 of medium weij 

 slender. II 7 $ weighed over 90 kg. (200 pounds) ; build, sa: 

 fleshy. 118 S weighed over 90 kg.; fleshy. 119 i also fte ike 

 brothers. II 10 unknown. Thus of this fraternity of 6 known p 



