Hrdlicka. 



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The proportions of sitting height to total body height can be illus- 

 trated to further advantage when we cease to consider the ages of 

 the children and consider simply the stature. I give here two tables 

 which will show the sitting height index in its relation to every in- 

 crease of 50mm. in stature. It will be seen that the relation is quite 

 regular, and also that the greater length of the lower extremities in 

 •the colored children is equally true and even more pronounced 

 when we view the matter from this standpoint. I believe that to 

 consider this matter in this way is more important than to con- 

 sider the relation of sitting height to height simply on the basis of 

 the ages of the children, as we have done above, and as was gen- 

 erally done before by other observers. If similar proportions were 

 ascertained on large numbers of children and in different locations, 

 the data might prove not only of a physiological, but possibly also 

 of forsenic value. The maximum variation of the sitting height 

 index at any age was found not to exceed 8 points. 



