Note * — Chapter III · THE RATE OF GROWTH
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117 This phenomenon, of incrementum inequale, as opposed to incrementum in universum, was most carefully studied by Haller: “Incrementum inequale multis modis fit, ut aliae partes corporis aliis celerius increscant. Diximus hepar minus fieri, majorem pulmonem, minimum thymum, etc.” (Elem. VIII (2), p. 34).