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of epileptic children in the latest complete generation is double 

 that of the preceding; but there is no evidence that in these epi- 

 leptic strains the average number of children in a fraternity is 

 greater than in the population at large. Provided marriage mat- 

 ings continue as at present and no additional restraint is imposed 

 the proportion of epileptics in New Jersey would double every 

 thirty years. 



13. The most effective mode of preventing the increase of epi- 

 leptics that society would probably countenance is the segregation 

 during the reproductive period of all epileptics. 



