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67 kilograms, and had a stature of 1°68 
metres. I ascertained his muscular force by 
means of the ergograph. With his middle 
finger he raised a weight of 4 kilograms, 
the curve given in Fig. 1 resulting. From 
it we see that the strength of his hands 
does not surpass the average, but that he 
  
FIG. 2.—ZURBRIGGEN. T. THORACIC RESPIRATORY CURVE. 
A. ABDOMINAL RESPIRATORY CURVE WRITTEN AT THE SAME TIME, 
has a supernormal resistance to fatigue. 
This reproduction of the curve is smaller than 
the original by two-tenths. Zurbriggen’s 
pulse is somewhat irregular : I counted it 
for four minutes in succession, the number 
of pulsations being different each time— 
55, 60, 63, 66. His heart is normal: I 
took the respiratory curve with Mazet’s 
double pneumograph which was  simul-