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Body Weight

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  • Your correct weight ... : drink more Bovril and maintain good health ...
  • A man being weighed on a set of scales, and a man with his head in a glass container; showing Lavoisier's experiments with respiration. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.
  • Weight and height register : Horlick's Malted Milk "the ideal food for all ages" in powder & tablet forms ... / Horlick's Malted Milk Co.
  • A man seated in a barrel with his head under a glass canopy; he breathes and his pulse is taken; Lavoisier dictates to his wife who is writing a report. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.
  • A man seated in a barrel with his head under a glass canopy; he breathes and his pulse is taken; Lavoisier dictates to his wife who is writing a report. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.
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    Recherches sur la loi d'accroissement des nouveau-nés constaté par le système des pesées régulières et sur les conditions d'un bon allaitement / par L. Odier.

    Odier, Louis, 1836-1879. | Date: 1868
    • Books

    Possible relations of the weight of the lungs and other organs to body-weight and surface area (in dogs) / by G.N. Stewart.

    Stewart, G. N. (George Neil), 1860-1930. | Date: [1921?]
    • Videos

    The men who made us fat. Part 1.

    | Date: 2012
    • Ephemera

    Is your weight creeping up on you? : Talk to your nurse to help you succeed in managing your weight / Diabetes UK, the charity for people with diabetes.

    | Date: [2004]
    • Books

    Fat artist vernacular / by Charlotte Cooper.

    Cooper, Charlotte | Date: 2019
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