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ANTHROP. 
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CONTENTS 
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1. Introduction I 
2. Geographical and historical notes on the Great Oasis 3 
3. Recent data on the Kharga Oasis people 7 
4. General observations and information gathered by the writer 9 
Environment 9 
Social and medical records 13 
5. Vital statistics of the Kharga Oasis 16 
Population in 1907 16 
Births and Deaths 17 
Vital statistics of Kharga Village for five years 17 
Vital statistics of Gennah Village for five years 18 
Vital statistics of Boulac and Beris for one year 18 
Sex rate 19 
Vital statistics of Kharga and Gennah by quarters 20 
Births and deaths at Kharga by months 21 
Resume of vital statistics 21 
6. Physiological observations on the Kharga Oasis natives 22 
Pulse 23 
Respiration 24 
Temperature 26 
Pulse, respiration, and temperature in relation to age 27 
Pulse, respiration, and temperature in relation to extremes of 
stature 28 
Pulse, respiration, and temperature in relation to vigor 28 
Muscular strength 29 
Pressure force in hands 30 
Traction force 30 
Muscular strength according to age 31 
Resume of principal physiological observations 32 
7. Observations on the body 32 
Color 32 
Hair 33 
Features of the head 34 
Facial features 34 
Body and limbs . . . 36 
Concluding remarks on non-instrumental observations.... 36 
8. Measurements 36 
Stature , 36 
Height sitting . . 38 
Relation of height sitting to stature 40 
Height and height sitting in the shortest and the tallest 42 
Head 42 
Length 42 
Breadth 43 
Relation of length and breadth of head to stature 44 
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