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Brachydadyly 



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the youngest. There Is consequently no very probable 

 correspondence between the two, but their connection is not 

 impossible on our present evidence. 



Fig. 26. The pedigree of Farabee's brachydactylous family. 



N^ normal. A^ abnormal. 



Another type of brachydactyly has also been recorded by 

 Walker ^. In it there was an imperfect union of the phalanges 

 affecting especially the first and second phalanges of the 

 middle and ring fingers. The degree of the affection varied 



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5 T 



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T ? <? f i 



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T ! n T^T ? f ? ?! 



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Fig. 27. Pedigree of affected members of Farabee's brachydactylous 

 family. Black symbols are atfected persons. 



"^ Walker, G., /o/ins Hopkins Hasp. Bnll., xn. 1901. 

 author 2 unaffected in family of John B. are deleted. 



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