VOL UME OF INSPIRA TIOX A.\ 7> EXPIRA TION. 
75i 
Vital C 
\VM ITY. 
•■' er. 
Remarks. 
In Cubic 
Centin 
Ill Cubic 
Inches. 
3608 
220 
.Turin. 1 
3608 
Stephen Hales. 2 
... 
3493 
213 
H. Davy. 3 
... 
3058 
3230 
186-5 
200 
Thomson. 4 
Goodwyn. 5 
Mean of twelve 
experiments. 
3280 
200 
Menzies. 6 
... 
4920 
300 
Kite. 7 
3558 
4838 
217 Mean 
295 Max. 
1 
i 
Thackrah. 8 
3558 
3700 
217 
226 
Hutchinson. 9 
Hermann and 
Berenstein. 10 
.Mean for 1923 
Men. 
Mean for sixteen 
Men. 
From numerous observations upon men, Hutchinson found that the vital 
capacity was influenced by the height, weight, and age of the subjects. The 
following table shows the progression of the vital capacity with the stature 11 : — 
1 Phil. Trans., London, vol. xxx. p. 757. 
2 "Statical Essays," 2nd ed., London, 1731, vol. i. p. 213. 
3 " Chem. and Phil. Remarks," p. 410. 
4 "Chemistry of Animal Bodies," 1813, p. 610. 
5 " Connexion of Life with Respiration," London, 1788. 
6 " On Respiration," Edinburgh, 1796. 
7 " Essavs and Observations, Physical and Medical," 1795, p. 4S. 
8 "On the Effects of Arts, Trades, etc., upon Health," London, 1831, p. 21. 
a Loc. cit. 10 Arch./, d. ges. Physiol., Bonn, 1891, Bd. 1. S. 363. 
11 1 Foot = 304"S mm.; 1 inch = 25'4 mm.; 1 cubic inch = 16 - 4 c.c. 
