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Showing in sumynary form the effect of continued administration of alcohol {ethyl 

 and methyl) and ether, by the inhalation method, upon the progeny 



ents taken as a group are superior to the offspring of untreated 

 parents in 8 characters. The offspring of untreated parents are 

 superior to those of the aleohohsts in respect of but two char- 

 acters, and these are characters which are quite highly corre- 

 lated with each other. Finally with respect to two character 

 groups there is no difference between the alcoholists and the 

 non-alcohohsts. The character groups which have been dealt 

 with in this study, and for which definite quantitative data are 

 herein presented, seem to cover a much wider range of physio- 



