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roughly coincide in position with the part affected in 

 the parent. If every coincidence of this kind is 

 quoted as proof of the reality of maternal impression, 

 and the cases are left unheeded in which no relation 

 can be found between abnormality in the child and 

 events affecting the mother, it is natural that a 

 belief in the phenomenon will easily take firm root. 

 The evidence available however is probably insuffi- 

 cient to support any other view than that of accidental 

 coincidence. 



