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Table XXIV.— Head-girth of Boys at Marlborough College 'Measured 

 on a line passing above the occipital protuberances and above the 



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passino- iust above the frontal eminence (or eyebrows), including the occipital pro- 

 tuberance. This and all other girths sliould be taken with a plain tape, and the 

 length afterwards read off on a rule, divided into inches and tenths of inches. 

 Table XXV.— Arm-girth of Boys at Marlborough College. ' The arm was 

 held in a loosely-flexed state, the mnsrles being at rest and flaccid ; the 

 measurement being made round the thickest part of the biceps muscle.' 



Note.— The arm-girth should be taken when the arm is extended horizontally 

 at the thickest part of the biceps muscle. In right-handed persons the right arm, 

 and in left-handed persons the left arm, should be measured. 



