Dr. Griffith gives us the following very interesting bit of information concerning the weight of boys and girls after the first year, and to him also belongs the credit for the accompanying table showing the growth, height, and weight of the child up to sixteen years of age. After the first year we notice that, taking it all together, there is a gradual increase in the number of pounds and a decrease in the number of inches added yearly, four inches being gained in both the second and third years, three inches in the fourth and fifth years, and after this two inches a year. The gain in weight is four pounds yearly from the age of three to that of seven years, then five, then six, and then about nine pounds. It sometimes happens that at about the age of nine in girls and eleven in boys there is almost a cessation of growth for a short time. Later, at about twelve years, girls take on a particularly rapid growth, and decidedly exceed boys of the same age in weight, and sometimes in height also. At fifteen or sixteen years the rapidity of growth in girls, both in weight and height, will be greatly diminished, while boys of this age will often begin to develop very rapidly, and will soon materially exceed the other sex in both respects. TABLE SHOWING GROWTH IN HEIGHT AND WEIGHT Age. Height. Weight. Birth 19 inches. 7 lbs. 8 oz. 1 week 7 " 71/2 " 2 weeks 7 " 101/2 " } Gained 1 oz. 3 weeks 8 " 2 " } a day; 1 month 201/2 inches 83/4 " } 7 oz. a week 2 months 21 " 103/4 " } 3 months 22 " 121/4 " } {Gained 3/4 oz. a day; 4 months 23 " 133/4 " } {5-1/2 oz. a week. 5 months 231/2 " 15 " } {Double original weight. 6 months 24 " 161/4 " } {Gained 2/3 oz. a day; {4-2/3 oz. a week. { 7 months 241/2 " 171/4 " } { 8 months 25 " 181/4 " } {Gained 1/2 in. a month. 9 months 251/2 " 183/4 " } { 10 months 26 " 193/4 " } {Gained about 1 lb. a month. 11 months 261/2 " 201/2 " } { 1 year 27 " 211/2 " } {Treble original weight. 2 years 31 " 27 " } { 3 years 35 " 32 " } {Gain 4 in. a year. 4 years 371/2 " 36 " } Double original length. 5 years 40 " 40 " } {Gained 3 in. and 4 lbs. } {a year. 6 years 43 " 44 " } {Gained 2 in and 4 lbs. 7 years 45 " 48 " } {a year. 8 years 47 " 53 " } {Gained 2 in. and 5 lbs. 9 years 49 " 58 " } {a year.