The growth of children (a supplementary investigation) : with suggestions in regard to methods of research / by H.P. Bowditch.
- Henry Pickering Bowditch
- Date:
- 1879
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The growth of children (a supplementary investigation) : with suggestions in regard to methods of research / by H.P. Bowditch. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![Geneeal Instructions to be observed in filling up Certain of the Columns. [As the object is to obtain a fair average, take care to exercise perfect impar- tiality of clioice in tlie selection of cases.] It is desirable, before beginning the measurements, that the various scales should be carefully verified. Accurate measurements with erro- neous scales are much more misleading than olf-hand measurements with correct scales. Please write clearly. Each sheet contains 20 lines, one line for each separate entry. The return is required in order to inquire into physical differences under the following heads: — 1. Persons engaged in different occupations. 2. Persons bred and living in towns or country. 3. Natives of parts of the British Isles differing ethnologically, geo- logically, or in climate. 4. Boys and young men whose intellect and industry are above or below the average. 5. The general characteristics of men noted for athletic power. 6. The rate of growth in persons bred in town and country, and engaged in different occupations. [Other topics of inquiry may hereafter be added.] Race.—By the phrase purely English,'' &c., it is understood that both the father and the mother were commonly reckoned as English, &c. In those cases where the history of all four grandparents is well known, and they were all reckoned to be of the same race, the entry may have the word very prefixed ; thus, very pure English, &c. Origin. — If both the father and the mother had been commonly reckoned as countryfolk, from their own birth up to that of their chil- dren, the entry should be purely countryfolk. In cases where the history of all four grandparents is well known, and where they, as well as the parents, were all of them countryfolk in the sense just mentioned, the entry should have the word very prefixed; thus, very pure countryfolk. Similar instructions to be observed as regards townsfolk. Sex. — It is proposed that the inquiry should, at first, be limited to males except for a few special objects. Age.—It is important that the age should be given in years and months (twelfths), both for children and adults. Height. — To be given in inches and eighths. Weight. — To be given in ordinary in-door costume. Excei:)tionally thick boots, such as laborers wear, must be taken off. Eyes. — The entries should be of the form light blue, dark blue, or simply blue if the eye be neither dark nor light. The color of the iris should be viewed at such a distance that minor variations may blend into one general hue and tint. Thus green should be entered either as gray or blue, according to the prevalent appearance.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22279659_0026.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
