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The Association of Physique and Mental Condition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

J. L. Clegg*
Affiliation:
South Yorkshire Mental Hospital

Extract

The objects and advantages of ascertaining the actual and relative measurements of various parts of the body are numerous. For example, this method has been largely used by anthropologists for classifying different races of mankind.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1935 

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