Word: lunged
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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From the records of Yale College during the past eight years it is shown that the non-smokers were 20 per cent. taller than the smokers, 25 per cent. heavier, and had 66 per cent. more lung capacity. In the last graduating class at Amherst College the non-smokers have gained in weight 24 per cent. over the smokers; in height, 37 per cent., in chest girth, 42 per cent., and in lung capacity, eight and thirty-six hundreths cubic inches...
...Lung Cap .3132 .2094 .1764 liters...
...Lung Cap 20 13 11. cu. inches...
From this table it may be seen that the non-users have made greater gains in all measurements than either of the other classes, and in lung capacity nearly double that of the regular smokers...
...following table gives the height, weight, chest measurement and lung capacity gained by these different classes of men, grouped under the head of regular, irregular and nonusers. The upper line in each set is the metric system, and the lower the English...