Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-08-16
WARfDS AND DWARrAGE.
THE ORDER AND LAW OF GROWTH
IN DIFFERENT RACES.

The Law of Proportion of the Human
Body from Birth TO DeAth-some Inter
e.ting Facts Which Have Been Brought
To Light.
Dwarfs may be described as human be-
ings whose natural growth has been ar
rested at some early stage. That the hu-
man body has a definite law OF proportion
from birth to death has been long known
The most ancient art of the Egyptians and
that Of all nations. barbarian and civil
lied, including especially the Greeks, have
shown evidences Of their several Observa-
tions Of the general facts. A German Of
the name of Liharvik has worked out the
details of the growth, and 50 demonstrated
the law Of human proportions more ex-
heustively than, perhaps, any one else.
He exhibited series Of statuettes in the
London great exhibition of 1862, showing
the order OF growth in both male and fe-
male, which had met with the spproba-
ton of Humboldt Joseph Benomi also
worked out series OF calculations tend
ing TO show the order and law Of growth,
which appears to be from the proportion
of three to seven.
THE HEAD As A STANDARD.
Taking the head as a standard, the child
at birth measures, say, three circles, OF
which the head to shoulder is one, to the
bottom Of the spine another, and to the
feet the third. The period Of each three
years appears to add another circle in
hight up to 81 or ~ years, varying ac-
cOrding to favorable OF adverse conditions.
The sizes at birth may vary, but the pro
4. Ill h.
Thus. if the head of a newly born child
measures nine inches, its height will be
twenty seven; il the head be ten inches,
Its height is thirty. From this normal
proportion ii grows up TO seven heads
high among the average European or
Aryan races. The average standard is.
however, lower in the Semitic races, and
lower still among the Turan types. These
very primitive, rude and barbarian types
appear TO stand at four heads in hight,
while the Semitic grows up to five or six
heads, and the average of seven is reached
only by the lndo- European, Aryan, or
Teutonic races.
Within this general law there are many
notifications tending to favor or Tetard
the growth-of from three TO seven-as
the proportion OF form determines the
possibility of actions thus dependent; so
notifications affect the actions and results
OF proportion OF both body and mind. In
the law Of growth We have law Of arrest
ment, by, in, or through which the pro
portions may be stayed at any stage Of
growth. Arrestment may be srtificially
worked out-as was done in the case of
the Aztec children exhibited in Leeds
some years ago-or il may be by excess of
cold, heat, lack Of food, improper treat
ment, etc, etc. sll not being designed or
purposed. This law of arrestment Is very
little known, and we may have a figure
stayed at the proportion of six, five, four,
or even three heads high. without be-
ing able to account for it. The lower
proportion is the dwarfage to which !
would direct the readers attention. In
Derbyshire have found many people of
stunted proportions In Leeds we have
now man who is not more than four
heads high; and saw a woman of full
age in Millhill recently, Of even lower pro-
portions.
THREE-HEADED PROPORTIONS.
But the most perfect instance of the
three-headed proportions that have seen
Is dwarf man and woman In the Cinga-
lese troupe now exhibiting in the Horti-
cultural gardens, Leeds His form and
proportions are exactly similar TO the fig
ure of the God Ptsh, or evil Typhon, as
given in plate 2 Of Bunsen's ~Egypt's
Place ana History" vol. l. In my collec-
ton are similar three-headed figures from
art works mot caricatured), from north to
south Scandinavian. African, New Zea-
land, Mexican, American and Hindoo. The
fact is that all children and undeveloped
intellected people Of all ages draw the hu-
man figures always too short. Taking the
head as standard. the tendency is to make
figures three heads high II would appear
that the same law Of proportion rules the
evolution OF the human art that rules the
the growth Ct the human body So the
same phenomena of arrestment obtains
In art, some individuals, like some nations
standing at a certain imperfect stage
The subject Of dwarfing in both body
and mind has many singular and import
ant features to the study Of humanity.
Thus there is a general correlation OF in
ferior or childish iutellects with dwarfish
figures, and hence dwarfs were kept as
plsythings 70 make sport of in the courts
Of the middle ages. They are so seen in
the paintings Of Velasquez, Paulo Veron-
ese and others In some-in fact, in many
cases-we have a normal growth Of body
and arrested development of mind and
perceptions; in this way we may explain
and account for most, il not all. the vari-
eties of human actions In art religion and
association. Leeds Eng Mercury.