TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1936//
TI  - The body-length-leg ratio in the general population and in mental hospital patients and its possible significance in suicide
JO  - Journal of mental science
A1  - Strecker, H. Pullar
SP  - 38
EP  - 42
VL  - 82
IS  - 336
N2  - Psychiatrists will welcome Piney's recent preliminary communication (1) on the possible significance of certain physical characters. A series of measurements of about 500 bodies revealed that a very high number of suicides among the general population occurred in persons showing a body-length-leg ratio of over 50, i. e., the leg-length being more than 50% of the total body-length. Piney believes that persons of this type, among other abnormalities, have such mental characters as may lead to suicide. He raises the question whether body-length-leg ratios of over 50 are commoner among the inmates of mental hospitals than in the general population.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0368-315X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.82.336.38
ID  - ref1
ER  -