CIRCUMFERENCE OF CHEST. 



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Dr. Balfour's taeasiirements of recruits for the English army show a regular 

 increase of girth of chest with increasing height ; not so striking in its progression as 

 in the tables just submitted, but quite in accordance with them. 



Although, as has been already stated, age can scarcely be looked upon as a factor 

 in the calculation, inasmuch as it applies to both the qvialities in question, yet it is of 

 obvious importance to decide whether the regular relation pointed out is found to exist 

 when tlie cases are observed of men of matured growth only. With this oljject, the 

 following tables have been prepared, exhibiting, in six principal nativities, the condition 

 as regards men in whom the growth of the thorax may be supposed to be entu-ely 

 completed. 



Tables showing the relation of girth of chest to increasing height in men o/30 and rmder 35 years of ago. 



(a.) WHITE NATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, 23,174 MEN. 



(c.) BRITISH AMERICANS, 1,152 MEN. 



