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Fig. 136. — Pedigree of a family with splenic anemia. I, 1, died at 73 of 

 gall stones; I, 2, died at 94 from a fall; I, 3, died at 72 of pneumonia; I, 4 

 died at 38 from childbirth; II, 1, died of pneumonia and II, 2, is in perfect 

 health at 62 years. In the third generation all are well except that III, 3, 

 died in infancy of diarrhea; III, 4, was well until an enlargement of the spleen 

 occurred, which has continued; III, 6, 30 years old, suffers a continued enlarge- 

 ment of the spleen; and III, 7, died at 9 years of an enlargement of the spleen. 

 Brill, 1901. 



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faji 



cousins I 



tinf. 



Fig. 137. — Pedigree of splenic anemia. A. P., I, 2, has a form of nervous 

 deafness but otherwise healthy until attacked by diabetis melhtus. His wife 

 gained sallow- complexion and enlarged spleen at 33 years. Of their children 

 one, II, 2, had enlarged spleen, at 7; she married a cousin and had 2 boys with 

 projecting spleen. A son, II, 4, is subject to epistaxis and fainting spells; 

 since 35 years old his spleen has been enlarged; he has 2 affected girls; II, 5, 

 became deaf at 4; she is becoming sallow, but the spleen is not palpable. II, 6, 

 is slightly deaf. Wilson, 1869. 



from one marriage; Strehler of a rachitic woman who bore 

 5 cyanotic children, 3 boys and 2 girls; the father (who later 

 died of phthisis) has by a second wife a normal daughter. 

 In Kelly's case of transposition the mother had borne 11 



