The Physical Growth of Boys

Introduction Statement of the Problem Brief Summary of the Previous Literature Robertson Wilkinson Godin Bean Pirquet Mumford Franzen Plan of the Investiation Method of Securing Data The Water Displacement Apparatus Graphs Made by the Apparatus Individual Data Sheets Computations Selection of Subjects Segments Chosen Making the Measurement Making the Measurement Presentation of Material The Body as a Whole A Representative Group Volume of the Whole Body Tentative Growth Norms Relation of Major Segments to the Whole Body The Growth Lag and the Adolescent Spurt Formulas for Body Volume Specific Gravity Maximum Length of the Body The Total Head The Total Trunk The Total Leg Summary Findings Significance Limitations Possible Improvement and Extension of the Method The Specific Gravity Apparatus The Buoyancy Tanks The Superstructure The Compensating Devices The Graph Board Adjustment of the Apparatus Making the Measurement The Graphs Made Computations Apparatus for Measuring the Volume of the Cranium Without Measuring the Volume of Other Parts of the Body Appendix Measurements by Means of Water Displacement in Different Age Groups Bibliography