A manual of anthropometry, or, A guide to the physical examination and measurement of the human body : containing a systematic table of measurements, an anthropometrical chart or register, and instructions for making measurement on a uniform plan / by Charles Roberts.

Date:
1878
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A manual of anthropometry, or, A guide to the physical examination and measurement of the human body : containing a systematic table of measurements, an anthropometrical chart or register, and instructions for making measurement on a uniform plan / by Charles Roberts. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    general use, I think it will be found on examination, that it contains neither more nor less details than are necessary for the proper study of the subject; it admits, moreover, of being used in part or in its entirety, according to the object the student may have in view, and may, therefore, be accepted as a basis to secure uniformity in making and recording observations, and enabling us to compare together, or combine for statistical purposes, the measurements of different observers. There are other reasons Avhy I am induced to publish the Table of Measurements and the Chart, which were originally drawn up for my own use. I have been engaged for several years in collecting statistics of measurements of various parts of the body of both sexes, and at all ages, for the purpose of investigating the physical development and propor- tions of the human body. In the course of my inquiries a large number of the registers of gym- nasiums, schools, and public institutions, both military and civil, have passed through my hands, and I have frequently had to regret the imperfection of the details which they contained. This imperfection appears to be due, not so much to carelessness on the part of the keeper of the- register or indifference