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the youngest. There is consequently no very probable 

 correspondence between the two, but their connection is not 

 impossible on our present evidence. 



Fig. 26. The pedigree of Farabee's brachydactylous family. 

 JV, normal. A, abnormal. 



Another type of brachydactyly has also been recorded by 

 Walker*. In it there was an imperfect union of the phalanges 

 affecting especially the first and second phalanges of the 

 middle and ring fingers. The degree of the affection varied 



Fig. 27. Pedigree of affected members of Farabee's brachydactylous 

 family. Black symbols are affected persons. 



* Walker, G., Johns Hopkins Hosp. Bull., xn. 1901. In copy sent by 

 author 2 unaffected in family of John B. are deleted. 



