THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE FLAT CHEST TO INTELLIGENCE
Authors: S. A. Weisman
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1935)

Article1 October 1935THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE FLAT CHEST TO INTELLIGENCES. A. WEISMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.S. A. WEISMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-9-4-451 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn a series of reports1 previously published I emphasized the following facts:1. That the healthy normal adult chest was, contrary to the general belief, flat and that the tuberculous chest was deep.2. That at birth the chest is almost round, and that by the age of five about 87 per cent of the total flattening out process already has taken place, and that there is only about 13 per cent difference between the contour of the chest of a five year old child and a fully mature adult type of chest, which is attained at puberty.3. That...Bibliography1. WEISMAN SA: Contour of normal and tuberculous chests, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1927, lxxxix, 281-284. WEISMAN, S. A.: Further observations on the contour of normal and tuberculous chests, Arch. Int. Med., 1929, xliv, 29-36. WEISMAN, S. A.: Observations on the contour of normal and tuberculous female chests, ANN. INT. MED., 1932, v, 907-911. WEISMAN, S. A.: Contour of the chest in children. I. According to age, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1934, xlviii, 502-506. WEISMAN, S. A.: Contour of the chest in children. II. According to weight and height, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1935, xlix, 47-51. WEISMAN, S. A.: Contour of the chest in children. III. Environment, Am. Jr. Dis. Child, 1935, xlix, 52-59. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. PORTER WT: The physical basis of precocity and dullness, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, 1895, vi, 161-181. Google Scholar3. RIETZ E: Korperentwicklung und geistige Begabung, Ztschr. f. Schulgesundheitspf., 1906, xix, 65-98. Google Scholar4. GODDARD HH: The height and weight of feeble-minded children in American institutions, Jr. Ment. and Nerv. Dis., 1912, xxxix, 217-235. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. COURTIS SA: Measurement of the relation between physical and mental growth, Am. Phys. Educ. Rev., 1917, xxii, 464-481. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. GALTON F: Hereditary genius, 1869, Macmillan and Co., New York (Reprinted 1925), p. 321. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. GOWIN EB: The selection and training of the business executive, 1918, Macmillan Co., New York, p. 85. Google Scholar8. WOODROW H: Brightness and dullness in children; Chapter IV, in Anatomical age, 1919, J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, p. 97-122. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. BALDWINSTECHER BTLI: Mental growth of normal and superior children, Univ. Iowa Studies in Child Welfare, 1922, ii, 1-61. Google Scholar10. SCAMMON RE: Chart presented to author by Dr. Scammon. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Minneapolis, Minnesota*Read at the Philadelphia meeting of the American College of Physicians, May 1, 1935.From the Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota and Glen Lake Sanatorium, Oak Terrace, Minnesota. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byChapter VI: Relationships in Physical and Mental Development 1 October 1935Volume 9, Issue 4Page: 451-457KeywordsBirthIntelligencePubertyThorax ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1935 PDF downloadLoading ...