Schofield: Inheritance of Webbed Toes 401 



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CHART SHOWING INHERITANCE OF WEBBED TOES THROUGH FOUR GENERATIONS 



The webbed condition has appeared always between the second and third toes of each foot 

 An interesting feature is that the web is always greater in the right foot. Only the male members 

 possess the character. (Fig. 8.) 



On the Wrong Track 



Motherhood, by H. W. Long, M.D., 

 neurologist and psychoanalyst. Bos- 

 ton, Richard G. Badger, 1921. Pp. 

 195. 



Dr. Long writes in a frank, whole- 

 some way, and has some sensible 

 remarks on motherhood and prepara- 

 tion for it; but more than half of his 

 book is taken up by a plea for pre-natal 

 influence and maternal impressions as 

 an important instrument of euthenics. 

 He declares, erroneously, that the 

 "gift of mentality seems to violate all 

 known laws of heredity by its irregu- 

 larities in transmission," and issues the 

 customary cant about the unwillingness 

 of men of science to recognize the 

 world-old experience alleged to show 

 the reality of pre-natal influence. I 

 believe men of science are all ready to 

 accept any real experience on this or 

 any other point; but it will take a 

 great deal more than the puerilities 



which Dr. Long cites, to get a hearing 

 for maternal impressions from any 

 intelligent adult. If his cases are the 

 strongest that can be adduced, his 

 cause is indeed weak. Take his case 

 C-125 as a fair sample: Mrs. F. and 

 her husband were habitual users of 

 wines and liquors, but during her preg- 

 nancy Mrs. F. expressed a desire for 

 brandy. Mr. F. economically secured 

 a cheap and bad whiskey instead, 

 thinking that his wife, who had never 

 tasted brandy, would not know the 

 difference. She took a mouthful and 

 spit it out in disgust, saying she did not 

 like it. "The son who came of this 

 gestation is, and always has been, 

 a teetotaler, and an enthusiastic tem- 

 perance worker. He cannot under- 

 stand how or why any one can find 

 pleasure in strong drink." The author 

 states that the Euthenic Society of 

 Peoria (111.) is in existence to develop 

 this line of racial betterment. — P. P. 



