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But what about the next generation during those nineteen 

 months ? Certain classified results answer this question. 



There were four kinds of tests : 



i . The paternal test — when the father was alcoholic, the 

 mother normal. 



2. The maternal test — when the mother was alcoholic, 

 the father normal. 



3. The double test — when both parents were alcoholic. 



4. The normal test — when neither parent had endured 

 alcoholic fumes. 



The table shows what happened to the next generation in 

 each of these cases. 



Alcohol Tests 



Here we see, by the last column, that when neither of the guinea-pig 

 parents was subjected to the influence of alcohol, all seventeen children 

 lived; and that when both parents were affected by alcohol (see the 

 double test), ten children were born before they were fully formed, six 

 died at birth and one after birth, while none lived. 



These experiments leave no question as to the effect of 

 alcohol on the descendants of chickens and guinea pigs. But 

 our special interest is with human beings. In Philadelphia, 

 Dr. Gordon studied 1 1 8 families where both father and mother 

 used alcohol. In these families there were 200 children. 

 Of these children 150 were epileptics. He also studied 20 



