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tion that compensates for the manual defects, but what it is I am 

 unable to say. It might be suggested that their amiability and obliging 

 disposition (of which this paper is sufficient evidence) will afford an 

 explanation, but I should not like to say that the normal members fall 

 short of them in this respect. 



Of the first family there are 27 or 28 abnormals now living: so that 

 altogether there are at least 60 people of the Brachydactylous type in 

 England at the present time. 



The normals do not appreciably differ in the above dimensions from 

 the general population, and I give the details of only a few children 

 and adolescents for comparison with their short-fingered relatives. 



Measurementg of Normal Members of the Famih/. 



Part of the exj)ense of this investigation has been defrayed by the 

 " Earl of Moray Fund for Original Research " of the University of 

 Edinburgh. I veiy gratefully record my thanks to the Trustees for 

 their generous help. 



