THE BEADS HAW LECTURE 49 



APPENDIX. 



SINCE, delivering my lecture at the Royal 

 College of Surgeons my attention has been drawn 

 to the "identical twins," Myrtle and Violet Smith, 

 daughters of Mr. George Smith, of Waltham 

 Cross, who has kindly forwarded to me their 

 photographs and a record of their school life. 

 In answer to the question as to heredity, Mr. 

 Smith writes : "I am a twin myself, the other 

 died, and one of my sisters had twins but they 

 both died." 



Each of these twins put in seven years' perfect 

 attendance at school, being never absent and never 

 late, which indicates unusual health, as well as 

 unusual regularity. In this way each obtained 

 three medals, a silver watch, and a certificate for 

 Scripture. They also obtained forty-three prizes 

 at day and Sunday schools. Their resemblance, 

 as indicated in the photograph (see Fig. 8, p. 50), 

 is so great that among persons who know them 

 well, one is frequently mistaken for the other. 



