Abstract
For the classification of the body type of the male Japanese were 7 indices; biacromial widthchest girth index, Rohrer-Index, Pignet-Index, Andreew-Index, Wertheimer-Index, B and C Index examined. For this purpose two groups were made. One group is classified after author's observation; 38 under 189(20.1%) pyknic, 96(50.8%) asthenic and 55(29.1%) athletic; the other 202 after body type indices. Amoung 202 persons of the latter group were at first 7(3.4%) as pyknic after Andreew (over 15) and biacromial widthchest girth (under 41) index, then 166(82.2%) as asthenic after Wertheimer (over 33), Pignet (over 27), B (over 17) and C (under 29) indices, the. rest 29(14.4%) as athletic. The so-called Rohrer Index is only for the classification of the pyknic type useful. All the measurements of thesetwo groups are in Table XII. Almost all measurements are pregnant in the group of observation, only one exception among them is the Andreew's Index, by which the thoracal and abdominal girth are used so that the characteristics of body types after observation a little difficult to conceive which after this index it is easy to identify.
