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a dominant. Similarly, the tciKlciicN to certain other 

 himors is nndouhtedly iiilici-itcd. The I'ccciit statistical 

 studies of ('. l/ittle make it probable that an in- 



to the iiicreaM' in the eaiieer rate XNliieli M'eni^ to be 

 so general an occurrence, we may suggest that, so far 

 as it is not due merely to improved diagnosis, it could be 

 referred to a greater frequency in the dominance of the 

 pai-eiit with a tendency to a liiuiier tumor I'ate in the 



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