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and lie was sent to a sanatorinm. The records of the 

 institution show that he suffered a complete mental 

 breakdown from which he never recovered. His case was 

 diagnosed as ''softening of the brain" from which he died 

 after three years at the sanatorinm. 



CHART III. 



The second son, No. 3, Chart III, in the family showed 

 no signs of degeneracy till he was somewhat over fifty 

 years of age. Dnring his yonth he was a dudish chap, 

 with little ambition except to dress gaudily and work as 

 little as compatible with his dressing instinct. He was a 

 cabinet maker of considerable proficiency and worked at 



