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Scientific Proceedings (77). 



The amount is usually smallest in the male intergrade with the 

 larger number of female characters; and usually males with a single 

 female secondary sex character produce fewer sperm than normal 

 males. The female intergrades with one or two male secondary 

 sex characters usually possess a high fertility, those with as 

 many as four or five male characters are in general much less 

 prolific, while those with six or more male characters are usually 

 sterile or nearly so. The hermaphrodites are frequently sterile, 

 though some are moderately prolific. The normal females within 

 the sex-intergrade strain produce representatives of the entire 

 sex array. In general however the female intergrades with several 

 male secondary characters produce a higher percentage of males 

 and male intergrades than either the normal females or the female 

 intergrades with few male characters. 



Sex here appears as a purely relative thing. There occurs 

 practically every gradation from the entirely normal female with 

 a full complement of female secondary sex characters; through 

 female intergrades of all sorts; hermaphrodites, with various 

 combinations of secondary sex characters; and male intergrades 

 of various rank; to normal males with all the primary and second- 

 ary sex characters distinctly and strongly male. 



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Cardio-respiratory involvement in infantile scurvy. 

 By Alfred F. Hess, M.D. 



[From the Board of Health Laboratories, New York City.] 



Infantile scurvy is commonly regarded as a disorder which 

 affects the blood vessels and the bones. In previous communica- 

 tions it has been shown that this view is too narrow, that the 

 heart is frequently enlarged, the deep reflexes exaggerated, and 

 that there may be changes in optic discs. In the present com- 

 munication we wish to point out that even in moderate instances 

 of infantile scurvy, there may be found marked polypnea and 

 tachycardia. The accompanying chart illustrates this condition 

 and demonstrates likewise its scorbutic nature by the promptness 

 with which it reacts to antiscorbutic diet, to orange juice or to 

 potato. 



