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In tliese works will be found the system of anthropometry carried out 

 in his laboratory, where more than 100 measurements are made on each 

 subject. In order to carry out this system successfully a very rigorous 

 technical training is necessary. An experience of more than twenty years 

 has convinced Dr. Manouvrier of the necessity for a practical and very 

 careful training in the technique of anthropometry, even when a small 

 number of simple measurements have been selected. 



Uniformity and accuracy are very difficult to obtain when an investiga- 

 tion is carried out by several persons. Repeated comparison and mutual 

 checking are necessary if an investigation is continued for a long time. 



MocHi, Dr. A. (Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Florence), has 

 sent the following letter and three memoirs : — 



' Societtl Italiana d' Antropologia, Via Gino Capponi 3, Florence. 

 'November 21, 1903. 



' Dear Sib, — This Society received one of your circulars relative to an 

 inquiry into the Anthropometrical methods adopted in England and 

 Ireland — an inquiry intended to establish a basis of co-operative action in 

 accordance with the methods and principles which obtain amongst the 

 various students of Anthropometry in your country. 



' In the above circular I was entrusted with the task of reporting 

 thereon, a task which I discharged at the meeting held on March 15, 1903, 

 whilst I explained its import and paid homage to your initiative. When 

 the account of said meeting has been published in the " Archivio per 

 r Antropologia," you will be able to see what I said on that occasion in 

 regard to your work. 



' In the meantime I take the liberty of sending you some of our 

 literature relative to Anthropometry, and I shall invite Dr. R. Livi, 

 Dr. N. Pizzoli, and other Italians to also send you their publications 

 relative to the question. In establishing the basis for a plan of Anthro- 

 pometrical research to be adopted in England and Ireland, you will have 

 before you what has been done by us in that science. I take this oppor- 

 tunity to tender you and the Committee my pei-sonal homage. 



' (Signed) Dr. A. Mocm, 

 ' Assistant Professor of Anthropology.' 



The literature received from Dr. Mochi is : — 



1. ' L' instituzione di un laboratorio antropometrico nel Museo 

 Nazionale d' Antropologia dell' Institute di Studi Superiori in Firenze.' 

 Dr. A. Mochi. 



2. ' L' Antropometria nelle scuole.' Dr. A. Mochi. 



3. ' L' Antropologia nell' insegnamento universitario e 1' antropo- 

 metria nella scuola di Paolo Mantegazza.' 



In the first of these memoirs a list of measurements and observations 

 to be made on each subject is given. This list compri.ses more than 160 

 categories ; and the characters to be noted are divided broadly into (1) 

 Morphological, and (2) Physiological. 



1903. 



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