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the vapor of the alcohol ? How did Dr. Stockard first give alcohol 

 to his guinea pigs ? What was his second attempt ? Why did he 

 stop giving it to them through a tube ? Describe his copper tank. 

 What does Dr. Stockard say about the guinea pigs in the copper 

 tanks ? How long did they usually stay in the tank ? During the 

 rest of the time what kind of air did the guinea pigs breathe ? For 

 how many days in a week, and for how many months, was this 

 treatment kept up ? What effect did the fumes have on the guinea 

 pigs at first ? In the course of a few weeks how did they behave ? 

 So far as the next generation was concerned, what were the four 

 kinds of tests ? When neither of the parents was treated with alco- 

 hol, how many of their children lived ? When both parents were 

 treated with alcohol, what was the fate of all their children ? How 

 many families did Dr. Gordon study in which both father and 

 mother used alcohol ? How many children were there in these 

 families ? How many of these were epileptics ? In twenty other 

 families where the grandfather as well as both parents used alco- 

 hol, what was the condition of the offspring? How many family 

 records did Dr. Demme investigate in Switzerland ? Give the 

 record of the children of the ten drinking families. Give the record 

 of the ten abstaining families. What was Dr. Bezzola's occupa- 

 tion ? When children were brought to the institution, what did he 

 often hear about the parents ? What census reports did he study ? 

 Why did he look up the birthdays of those 8196 feeble-minded 

 persons ? Which did Dr. Bezzola call the alcohol-rich periods in 

 Switzerland ? which the alcohol-poor months ? Give the first point 

 made by Dr. Bezzola's report ; the second point. How much alco- 

 hol may a person take without running the risk of damaging a 

 future child ? What does Dr. Bezzola declare about this particular 

 matter ? What was his conclusion from the studies he made ? Why 

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What three questions did Dr. Gulick ask in 1897 ? Who received 

 these questions ? How many answers came back ? What did Dr. 

 Gulick do with these answers? What did the tables show about 





