Observations on the Contour of Normal and Tuberculous Female Chests
Authors: S. A. Weisman
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1932)

Article1 January 1932Observations on the Contour of Normal and Tuberculous Female ChestsS. 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/10.7326/0003-4819-5-7-907 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn previous reports1, 2 various diameters of normal and tuberculous male chests were compared. They showed that the tuberculous chest was more rounded, longer, and deeper than the normal chest, and that the vital capacity was about forty per cent greater in the healthy chest. In this paper the normal and tuberculous female chests will be compared. For normals, three hundred University of Minnesota girls were examined in the Spring of 1930 at the Women's Gymnasium. For tuberculous chests the data obtained on one hundred and thirty-three tuberculous women at Glen Lake Sanitorium, Oak Terrace, Minnesota was used.2The ages...References1 WEISMAN SA: Contour of normal and tuberculous chests, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1927, LXXXIX, 281. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2 WEISMAN SA: Further observations on the contour of normal and of tuberculous chests, Arch. Int. Med., 1929, XLIV, 29-36. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3 WILDERPFEIFFER HHMW: The bodily proportions of women in the United States; based upon measurements taken from one hundred Smith College students, Am. Acad. Arts and Sci. Proc., 1924, LIX, 441-603. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4 STEGGERDACRANESTEELE MJMD: One hundred measurements and observations on one hundred Smith College students, Am. Jr. Phys. Anthrop., 1929, XIII, 189. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5 MALONE FR: The relation of chest contour to lung capacity, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1904, XLIII, 783. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 HALL WS: Mathematical relations of certain chest measurements, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1904, XLIII, 787. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7 MüLLER C: Zur Entwicklung des menschlichen Brustkerbes, Morphol. Jahrb., 1906, XXXV, 591. Google Scholar8 HUTCHINSON W: Some deformities of the chest in the light of its ancestry and growth, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1897, XXIX, 512. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9 SCAMMONRUCKER REWH: Changes in the forms and dimensions of the chest at birth and the neonatal period, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1921, XXI, 552. Google Scholar10 ZELTNER E: Thorax Studien, Münch. med. Wchnschr., 1919, LXVI, 1407. Google Scholar11 STEWART CA: The vital capacity of the lungs of children in health and disease, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1922, XXIV, 451. Google Scholar12 WEISENBERG : Quoted by Zeltner (reference 10). Google Scholar13 DRAPER G: Human constitution, 1924, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia. Google Scholar14 RODES CB: The thoracic index in the negro, Ztschr. f. Morphol. u. Anthropol., 1906, IX, 102. Google Scholar15 JACKSON CM: Physical measurements of the female students at the University of Minnesota, with special reference to body build and vital capacity, Am. Jr. Phys. Anthrop., 1929, XII, 3. Google Scholar16 GÖTZ H: Modification of child chest by gymnastics, Monatschr. f. Kinderh., 1925, XXX, 97. Google Scholar17 TURNER AH: Vital capacity in college women, Arch. Int. Med., 1930, XLVI, 938. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Minneapolis, Minn.*From the Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, and the Glen Lake Sanatorium, Oak Terrace, Minn.†Received for publication, June 2, 1931. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 January 1932Volume 5, Issue 7Page: 907-911KeywordsThorax ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1932 PDF downloadLoading ...