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Concerning the source of the calcar loops in the parents, the 

 father of R was investigated and found to have quite normal heels; 

 the mother of C is also normal, but the father, E, shows a good 

 divergence upon both heels. Probably, then, C obtained her 

 calcar loop from her father rather than from her mother, and in 



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FIG. 41. Heel patterns of the three children of R and C, shown in the previous 

 figure. The oldest, J, has a calcar pattern on the left foot; the second, M, on 

 both, and the third, L, on the right. 







the same way it may be surmised that the husband R got his 

 from the side of his deceased mother Is, but for lack of further 



