Showing average increase of 200 students at Bowdoin College, in various measurements, after working but half an hour a day four times a week, for six months, under Dr. Sargent. | Average increase in height | 1/4 in. | | Average increase in weight | 2 lbs. | | Average increase of chest (contracted) | 3/4 in. | | Average increase of chest (inflated) | 13/4 in. | | Average increase of girth of forearm | 3/4 in. | | Average increase of girth of upper arm | 1 in. | | Average increase of width of shoulders | 3/4 in. | | Average increase of girth of hips | 21/4 in. | | Average increase of girth of thigh | 11/2 in. | | Average increase of girth of calf | 3/4 in. |
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