Heights and Weights of Prisoners
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to be observed, if time is not to be needlessly wasted. One is that a writer should make himself acquainted with what has been previously said for and against the subject in discussion, to save his opponent the necessity of repeating himself, and another is that when he quotes his opponent, he ought to do so accurately and not draw inferences which, with careful perusal, it would be seen the words were never intended to
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Notes on Comparative Heights and Weights in Prisoners
I)R. .Buchanan having published notes in the April number of the Gazette on the comparative heights and weights of the prisoners in Bengal jails, I beg to offer the following observations thereon :? Dr. Buchanan says: "If a man of certain height has the weight corresponding in the table lie may fairly be considered in ' good health.' From this it is an easy matter to decide if a man is in good,...
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