Word: normal
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Holden is in first class condition. The bone which was dislocated has returned to its normal position, and I shall probably be able to keep it there...
...perpendicular line in the centre of the chart is the normal of typical line,-i. e., that was represented at each part by a larger per cent. of the persons examined than was any other part. The classes marked "minimum" and maximum were each represented at every part by about one twentieth of one per cent. of all the persons examined. It will be readily seen that the uses of the chart are numerous, showing the relation of the individual to the normal standard, the relation which every part of the individual bears to every other part, and suggesting many...
...rule, all the measurements of a small person fall to the left, and all the measurement of a large person fall to the right of the normal line. If strong for his age, weight, height or development, the part of his line that indicates the strength will be on the right of the part that indicates the age, weight or measurement...
...this case the spine is comparatively straight, so that little difference is shown between the standing and horizontal length. The strength tests in this case, as in the others, approach near to the maximum class. Upon glancing over the chart as a whole, it will be seen that the normal position of this individual is in the 80 per cent. class. To bring the depth of chest up to this standard by natural processes, although impossible now, would have been a simple matter in early youth. With this exception, the individual just considered could so develop himself by a judicious...
...meet this difficulty that Dr. Sargent has prepared the anthropometric chart. It is intended to furnish the youth with an incentive to systematic and judicious physical training, by showing them at a glance their relation in size, strength, symmetry and development to the normal standard as deduced from the measurements of ten thousand individuals, ranging from seventeen to thirty years...