... attempts to do so, but instead of hearing the breezy ingress and egress of health-impart-ing currents of air, we get a jerky contraction of the muscles of the neck, an upheaving of the shoulders, ... Their experience has convincedthem, that although doubtless a certain proportion of the cases termed consumption are to be ascribed to the pre-sence of tubercle in the lungs, nevertheless these ... and their average weight 199 lbs.; while, on the other hand, among the Spitalfields weavers in London the average height sinks to 5 feet 1*40, and the weight to 106 lbs. The skill of the...