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iDaffner, F., Das Wachstum des Menschen, 2d vd., Leipzig, 1902, .3-3. 

 6 Landois and Stirling, Human Physiology. 4th cd., Philadelphia, 1892, 471. 



"■Bowditch, H. P., The Growth of Children, Twenty-second Report of the State Board of Health of 

 Massachusetts, Boston, 1891. 



Even though much less complete than desirable, the foregoing table 

 shows plainly the surprising fact that with only a few exceptions the 

 Indian children dealt with of both sexes, and at all ages up to 13 — that 

 is, up to or nearly up to puberty — are somewhat taller than the 

 average white children of corresponding sex and age. This fact has 

 further significance: as the stature of the adults of the several groups 

 of wdiites and Indians included in the table is nearly alike, it necessa- 

 rily follow%s that either the growth of the Indian child suffers at 

 some period in or during the wdiole adolescence a relative retarda- 

 tion, or that the adult height is reached earlier, growth in stature 

 stopping sooner, than among the whites. The matter resolves itself 

 into new problems of much interest, which furnish a strong incentive 

 for further investigation. 



Pulse and respiration. — The tests for pulse in infants which could 

 not yet sit freely were made w^hile they were lying down and quies- 



