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stature. He considers it another proof of the greater vitahty of 

 the ** Aryan" elements among the Jews, particularly because 

 the taller Jews were also fairer in complexion than were the 

 shorter Jews.^ From our own measurements we find that the 

 relations of the chest girth to stature w^as as follows : 



Stature. 



Average stature. 



Average girth. 



Percent of 

 stature. 



Number ot 

 Observations. 



Tall stature. 

 Above average. 

 Below average. 

 Short. 



173-4 

 167.2 

 162.6 

 156. 1 



88.03 

 86.19 

 84.36 

 83.12 



50.76 

 51.58 

 51.88 

 53-25 



204 

 280 

 288 

 205 



All Jews. 



164.5 



85.87 



52.2 



977 



This shows that the absolute average girth of the chest in- 

 creases with the increase of stature, but that the relative size of 

 the chest decreases. In other words, the shorter men had rela- 

 tively larger chests than the taller men. Thus, those who were 

 shorter than 160 cm. in height, had a chest averaging only 

 83.12 cm., those \\\\o were 170 cm. and taller, had an average 

 chest circumference of 88 cm. But relative to stature the 

 shorter people, had a girth of 53.25 percent of the height of the 

 body, while the taller individuals' girth was only 50.76 percent 

 of their stature. If we accept that the average girth for all the 

 Jews as 85.87 cm. or 52.2 percent of their stature, as the type 

 of the chest for the Jews in New York, then we should expect 

 that each of these groups should have the following girth : 



Stature. 



Calculated Girth. 



Observed Girth. 



Difference. 



Tall. 



Above average. 



Below average. 



Short. 



9053 

 87.23 

 85.08 

 81.48 



88.03 

 86.19 

 84.36 

 83.12 



— 2.50 

 — 1.04 

 — 0.72 

 + 1.64 



Which shows that the tall Jews had a girth 2.5 cm. (one inch) 

 shorter than the average ; that those of above the average stature 

 had a girth 1.04 cm. shorter than the average, while the Jews 



'I. I. Pantukhof, "Semitic types," Proc. Russian Anthropological Society, '^1. 

 Petersburg, Vol. II, 1 889. 



