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Show How We Grow. "What are tho proportions of tho Ideal human body?" Tho vexed question has never been answered conclusively. A corollary of it ls this: "What are the proportions of tho'avorogo healthy man or woman as we find them?" Nor even to this has a reply been given. However, wo aro approaching it Scientists Sci-entists havo mado myriads of measurements measure-ments of tho staturo of man, and some of them aro quoted by Fleet Surgeon Williams Wil-liams In the annual report on tho health of tho navy, Just Issued. To begin with, a boy when born ls about half an inch taller than tho girl. This dlfferenco Is maintained till near tho ago of 13, when, in this country and In America, tho avcrago girl ls taller and heavier than tho boy. This halting; so to speak, on tho part of tho malo Is spoedily recovered, and ho again outruns tho fe-malo fe-malo in size. At the period of full development, the man's average height compared with tho woman's average, ls as 16 to 15. Both men and women maintain their maximum height till tho ago of 50 years, when they begin to grow shorter, until at DO they havo lost threo Inches. Tho reason for this dwindling ls attributed attrib-uted to tho shrinking of tho soft ports botween tho bones and to tho stoop gradually grad-ually acquired by old people, London Leader. |