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line both of the second and third generations were confined in sanatoria 

 for insane. The whole family is "high-strung, nervous and hot-headed." 

 The history in hand includes five generations. The direct line of transmis- 

 sion is from a female, through three males, to a female of the fifth (last) 



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generation. In the third generation the affected male was one of an almost 

 completely abnormal fraternity, including seven males and five females. 

 The entire history indicates dominance of this type of mental defect. 



THUMB-PRINTS. 



The study of the inheritance of thumb-prints has just been begun. 

 Special value attaches to the case here considered by reason of a distinct 

 bilateral asymmetry of pattern (fig. 48). If types of thumb-prints can be 



