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POPULAE SCIENCE EEVIEW. 
Height. 
Observed Weight. 
Calculated Weight. 
Inches. 
lb. 
lb. 
61 
120 
120 
62 126 125 
63 133 130 
64 
139 
.... 135 
65 
142 
140 
66 
145 
145 
67 
148 
150 
68 
155 
155 
69 
162 
160 
70 
169 
165 
71 
172 
170 
72 
176 
175 
This is so generally true_, that in the course of many years^ 
observation I have seen only a few cases in which an excess 
upon these weights could be attributed to any other cause 
than an excess of adipose tissue. To the medical man these 
tables will be found of advantage^ as guiding him in giving 
dietetical advice in certain cases of disease. 
Whilst the excessive supply of heat-giving materials in 
diet is likely to engender corpulence and its attendant evils_, 
it ought to be recollected that the withholding a due su^Dply 
of these substances is likely to be very injurious. It has been 
found that a certain quantity of fat is a necessary addition to 
aU dietaries. It enters into the food of all peoples^ and 
exists in small quantities in all kinds of vegetable food. It 
has been found deficient in the body in certain wasting 
diseases_, as consumption; and the most efiicacious remedy 
in this disease is an animal oil^ which_, being easily digested^ 
speedily supplies the system with the needed fat. Articles 
of food containing fat may be efiiciently used as substitutes 
for cod-liver oil. Thus for children I am in the habit of 
recommending cream and cream-cheeses. The latter soft and 
digestible form of food is^ I believe^ too much overlooked in 
the diet of the scrofulous and consumptive. The use of salad 
oil and fat meats is also to be recommended under the same 
circumstances. 
If it be important to regulate the supply of the heat-givers, 
it is not less so to supply the flesh-formers. To diminish 
these and under-supply the body, is to tax the muscles, to tax 
the heart, to tax the brain. It is to let the system down till 
one or other of its complex arrangements goes wrong and 
death results. I have said that four ounces of these precious 
constituents of our life are necessary. They form the substance 
of muscle and nerve, the foundation of all handwork and 
headwork. Just in proportion as we work with our heads 
and hands do we require these flesh-forming matters. On 
what principle do you discharge your men ? I once said to a 
