PKACTICAL LAWS (JF LIFE 



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The following table shows similar results obtained bv 

 Hodge from carefully balaneed experiments with selected 

 dogs. The males were brothers ami the females sistei*s from 

 two unrelated litters of pedigree cocker spaniels. DtMume's 

 observations upon iikmi iin- nddcil tm' cnmitarison. 



Jhxjs (Hodge) 



Number of whelps . 

 Deformed .... 

 Horn dead ... 

 Viable 



Alcoholic Paih 



(7-7-0-3) 28 



(2-8-3-0) 8 



(2-2-2-8) U 



(4-0-0-0) 4 (17.4;;) 



Normal Paih 



(5-3-8-8-.J-0-8-7) 4r, 

 (1-0-0-2-0-0-0-1) 4 

 (0-0 0-0-0-0-0-0) 

 (4-8-8-6-r)-C-.S-0) 41 (im.27,) 



Men (Deinme) 



Number of cliildren 

 Deformed .... 



Idiotic 



Epileptic, choreic 

 Died at birth . . 

 Normal, viable . 



Moderate, nonintoxicating doses td' clu'mically pure alco- 

 hol were fed to the doi>s with their meals, and Dennne's 

 normal families were not total abstainers. In further study 

 of the human [)roblem I>ezzola found that (»ut «d" SlUU idiots 

 in Switzerland the majority occurred in ilie wine disti'icts, 

 and that the larger per cent of these were born nine months 

 after the jri-eat nati(>nal drink inir feasts. Sehweitifhofer dis- 

 covered a similar relation between stillbirths an«l the drink 

 ing festivals of .Vustria. 



To keep the germ plasm of the nation on the U[)-grade, 

 free from any injury, taint, or tendency to degeneration, is 

 the most worthy subject foi- lifelong stinlv by every man 



