On the growth of the recruit and young soldier : with a view to a judicious selection of "growing lads" for the army, and a regulated system of training for recruits / by William Aitken.

Date:
1862
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Credit: On the growth of the recruit and young soldier : with a view to a judicious selection of "growing lads" for the army, and a regulated system of training for recruits / by William Aitken. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    wards. This result was more strongly indicated among the English than among the Scotch. The superior physical development of natives of this country above the Belgians is very ob- viously marked. In strength it is greatest (one- fifth of the whole) ; in height it is least. So far as the experiments on the English compared with the Irish can be considered as correct, they indicate that the English are the least developed of the natives of Britain at a given age, while the Irish are the most de- veloped, the Scotch retaining an intermediate place. The maximum height is barely attained at the age of twenty-five. AU the developments were found to increase between fourteen and twenty-six years of age; and all of them were found to increase more slowly as age increased.* * Proceedings of the Eoyal Society of Edinburgh, January 16th, 1837. • London : Bonjumin Pardon, Printer, Puternosf ci -row