Vea

Ronald T. Veal; born Sept. 6, 1895; home Michigan City, Indiana; age 22 years; height 175 cm.; nude weight 65.75 kilos. Medical examination: Oct. 2, 1917, negative. Family history: Most of mother's family fleshy; father's family thin; subject resembles father. College course: Secretarial. Personal data: Nov. 7, had cold, sore throat, and felt ill. Dec. 10, felt chilly at supper time, but no sore throat. Dec. 12, was nervous; hardly able to shave. Jan. 31, counted pulse sitting in class at 10h15m a. m., 32 per minute; later, lying down for about 4 minutes in his room, at llh30m a. m., 28 per minute. Physical activities: According to a personal estimate on Sept. 27, about 21 hours a week spent in physical exercise, such as walking, playing tennis, football, gymnasium work, etc. Feb. 1, at 12 noon, "chinned bar" 5 times; best record 15 times three years before. Same date, in afternoon, took part in arm-holding contest, continuing to end of 1-hour period.

Squad B

Fis

Edward M. Fisher; born Aug. 10, 1891; home Reading, Pennsylvania; age 26 years; height 177 cm.; nude weight 76.0 kilos. Family history: Father 5 feet 10 inches and weighs 230 pounds. Mother normal, has three sisters, all healthy, not stout, also two brothers normal. No tuberculosis. College course: Physical. Personal data: Operation for hernia; in hospital Dec. 4-19, inclusive.

Har

Victor H. Hartshorn; born Mar. 9,1898; home Washington, D. C; age 20 years; height 175 cm.; nude weight 63.0 kilos. Family history: Mother and father both rheumatic. College course: Physical. Personal data: No record.

How

Karl Z. Howland; born Mar. 12,1899; home Phillips, Maine; age 19 years; height 179 cm.; nude weight 70.0 kilos. Family history: Father and mother died of tuberculosis of lungs; only child. College course: Physical. Personal data: No record.

Ham

Robert L. Hammond; born Oct. 1, 1897; home Derby, Connecticut; age 20 years; height 184 cm.; nude weight 75.0 kilos. Family history: Negative. Has two brothers who are thin; one sister healthy. College course: Physical. Personal data: Can eat no fruit or jelly, as he says he can not keep them down; was not asked to eat them.

Kim

Harold L. Kimball; born Feb. 11, 1893; home Waltham, Massachusetts; age 25 years; height 176 cm.; nude weight 61.9 kilos. Family history: No obesity or tuberculosis. One brother, thin. College course: Secretarial. Personal data: Jan. 5, 1918, served as subject in Boston first time in place of Lon. Jan. 21, said "It is a long way up here (4th floor of Laboratory); I feel a little weak".

Lon

Robert H. Long; born March 14, 1896; home Brooklyn, New York; age 22 years; height 179 cm.; nude weight 66.8 kilos. Family history: Mother "rather stout"; dead. Father normal. Only child. No tuberculosis in family. College course: Physical. Personal data: Jan. 5, 1918, ill and not present in Boston; place taken by Kim. Jan. 15, observed by one of us in gymnasium drill and noted as doing as well as average of class.

Sch

John Schrack; born Oct. 3, 1888; home Reading, Pennsylvania; age 29 years; height 166 cm.; nude weight 68.6 kilos. Family history: Family all thin, this subject being the heaviest one in the family. Four brothers and one sister, normal. No tuberculosis. College course: Physical. Personal data: Jan. 5, 1918, served as subject in Boston first time, taking place of Mac. Jan. 21, somewhat tired. Physical activities: Jan. 22, 1918, reported as not losing much weight, because he is less active.

LIV

Alfred Livingstone; born May 23, 1899; home Paterson, New Jersey; age 18 years; height 161 cm.; nude weight 60.5 kilos. Family history: All members of his family are short, but of average weight. Three brothers, all short. No tuberculosis. College course: Physical. Personal data: No record. Physical activities: Jan. 15, 1918, took part in public demonstration of Japanese and American wrestling in gymnasium. Like Pea., the round with his opponent was a tie. The time was short, but no inferiority was apparent with Liv. Jan. 24, janitor remarked that the boys were not as they used to be, for usually he had only to ask for help and he had all he wanted. He referred to Wil and Liv in particular, who said they could not work, as they did not feel like it.

Sne

Chester D. Snell; born Nov. 24, 1895; home Canajoharie, New York; age 22 years; height 175 cm.; nude weight 72.3 kilos. Family history: Negative. College course: Secretarial. Personal data: Operation for correction of deviated septum from nasal partition, November 10, 1917. Did not go to bed, but felt weak for first 7 days. Afterwards only discomfort was due to rubber splint in nose, which was worn 4 weeks.

Tho

George H. Thompson; born Feb. 18, 1894; home Poughkeepsie, New York; age 24 years; height 179 cm.; nude weight 62.0 kilos. Family history: Negative. College course: Secretarial. Personal data: Captain of Squad B.

Van

Floyd M. Van Wagner; born Mar. 27, 1894; home Hyde Park, New York; age 24 years; height 179 cm.; nude weight 67.3 kilos. Family history: All stout in father's family. Three brothers and one sister normal. Subject the heaviest in the family. No tuberculosis. College course: Physical. Personal data: No record.

Wil

Elton L. Williams; born Oct. 31, 1898; home Chelsea, Massachusetts; age 19 years; height 164 cm.; nude weight 58.5 kilos. Family history: Father weighed 250 pounds 10 years ago, weighed 200 pounds 5 years ago, weighs now 189 pounds. An aunt and a cousin died of tuberculosis. College course: Physical. Personal data: Jan. 24, 1918, see remark made by janitor in data for Liv.

The following subjects, as explained in their histories, served as members of Squad B for only a part of the time, and not during the weeks of diet reduction with this squad:

Mcm

Harry T. McMichael; born Sept. 18, 1897; home Belleview, Ohio; age 20 years; height 169 cm.; nude weight 67.6 kilos. College course: Secretarial. Personal data: Succeeded Kon, who was transferred to Squad A. Came to Boston with Squad B Nov. 3-4, Nov. 17-18, Dec. 15-16, and Jan. 5-6. Jan. 7, was ill in the forenoon, but at 7h30m p. m. felt better; temperature 101.3° F. Excused from further service on squad, as his parents refused to sign a permit for him to join in the diet reduction, and he had suffered from a stomach trouble for the previous 10 days. Succeeded by Kim.

Leo

Clinton S. Leonard; born Apr. 27, 1897; home East Taunton, Massachusetts; age 21 years; height 183 cm.; weight 77.5 kilos. College course: Secretarial. Personal data: Substituted for Fis (who was ill) on the visit of Squad B to Boston, Dec. 15-16.

Mac

Angus J. Macdonald; born Sept. 19, 1891; home Cambridge, Massachusetts; age 26 years; height 174 cm.; nude weight 66.5 kilos. College course: Physical. Personal data: Served in Squad B on visits to Boston Oct. 6-7, Nov. 3-4, Nov. 17-18, and Dec. 15-16; later called to the Naval Reserves and succeeded by Sch.