Elements of physiology, for the use of students, and with particular reference to the wants of practitioners / by Rudolph Wagner ; translated from the German, with additions, by Robert Willis.

  • Willis Robert, 1799-1878.
Date:
1844
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Elements of physiology, for the use of students, and with particular reference to the wants of practitioners / by Rudolph Wagner ; translated from the German, with additions, by Robert Willis. 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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    TABLE—Showing the mean weight of the Human Brain, in ounces avoirdupois; the number of observations in each age of eight periods of life, in 349 Males, and 309 Females. AGES. Number of Brains weighed. Average weight. Mean of both. Total number of observation Mule. Female. Male. Female. 2 to 5 years 32 25 38.519 36.085 37.416 1 57 5 to 10 — 17 20 41.691 39.956 40.753 37 10 to 20 — 18 16 45.138 43.89 44.551 34 20 to 30 — 40 44 46.178 43.306 44.672 84 30 to 40 — 68 52 47.689 43.62 45.926 120 40 to 50 — 82 74 47.108 42.422 44.883 156 50 to 60 — 72 63 46.868 42.991 44.243 135 60 & upwards 20 15 46.137 41.03 43.95 35 Marvlebone Infirmary, free. 11th, 1843. R. W.]