The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War Volume 15, PT. 1 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ...attention in detail to all the striking results shown in Tables 110 and 111, it may be said in summary that in absolute dimensions of the five groups--Scotch, English, Irish, German, and Polish--the Scotch lead in stature, sitting height, pubic height, knee height, and leg length--thus in vertical dimensions. The English are usually second in these respects. The Poles are first in horizontal dimensions--in index of build, chest circumference, shoulder width, and calf circumference. The Germans are first in absolute weight and second in the horizontal dimensions, but not in index of build. Of the four groups--Polish, French, Hebrew, and Italian--the Poles are in a class by themselves in absolute dimensions. The French are next, being first in sitting height, pubic and knee heights, and second in the other dimensions. The Italian group stands first in nothing; they are mostly inferior in Absolute vertical dimensions to the Hebrews but exceed them in horizontal ones, such as index of build and dimensions of chest, shoulder width, and calf circumference. Table 112.--Relative dimensions in eight European races, demobilization, 1919.a Per cent rates. a Unless specified all measurements are in centimeters. In relative dimensions (Table 112) in the five groups--Scotch, English, Irish7 Germans, and Polish--it appears that the Polish stand first in all relative horizontal dimensions and the Germans second. In many of such dimensions the English stand last, .as the most slender, although the Scotch and Irish are close competitors for this place. Of relative vertical dimensions the English stand first in relative pubic and knee height, the Irish in relative sitting height and sternal notch, and the Scotch and German in leg length. On the other hand, the Irish stand at t..