“By studying records of Scottish soldiers, he [Adolphe Quetelet] was able to make averages of height, weight, and so forth to understand and predict the nature of the typical Scotsman. Based on this, Quetlet argued that the concept of the average man would be helpful for understanding the ‘normal state’ of health. This is perhaps…
Everything Differing Would Constitute a Monstrosity: Statistical Analysis and The Empire of Normality
