Data on the lung volume and its subdivisions were collected as part of a study of the functional fitness of normal boys 10-17 years of age (1). Since, in the case of children of all ages, so little is known concerning the total lung capacity and its subdivisions other than the vital capacity, the data are of value in helping to establish the range of variation in the normal child and to provide one basis for the evaluation of pulmonary function in disease.
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Morse et al. (1952) studied this question.