Int.] 



OK NORMAL GROWTH 



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Fig. 83. — Curve of growth of man. The ordinates represent weight in kilogrammes. 



The prenatal part of the curve is constructed from the data of Fehllnq ('77) ; 



the postnatal part from Quetelet ('71) for the male. The curve of the first 



twelve months of postnatal life is adapted from Galton ('84). 



LITERATURE 



Baudrimont, a., and G. T. Martin Saint-Ange, '51. Recherohes anato- 

 miques et physiologiques sur le d^veloppement du foetus et en parti- 

 culier sur revolution embryonnaire des oiseaux et des batrachiens. 

 M^m. presentes par divers savants k I'Acad. des Sci. de I'lnst. Nat. de 

 France. XI, 469-692. 18 pis. 



