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... colour of the human races , no room for hesitation or doubt , as to the propriety of referring all the varieties which are known to variation from one stock . The white and the black - haired , and the intermediate xanthous races , find ...
... colour of the human races , no room for hesitation or doubt , as to the propriety of referring all the varieties which are known to variation from one stock . The white and the black - haired , and the intermediate xanthous races , find ...
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... colour , the hair frizzled or woolly , but the general appearance is more that of the European than the African . It occasionally happens , however , especially if the complexion of the European be very light , or of the xanthous caste ...
... colour , the hair frizzled or woolly , but the general appearance is more that of the European than the African . It occasionally happens , however , especially if the complexion of the European be very light , or of the xanthous caste ...
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... colours had different parts of his body of different complexions . The father , a black , was servant to a gentleman residing in the neighbourhood of Gray's Inn ; his wife an European of light complexion , in service in the same family ...
... colours had different parts of his body of different complexions . The father , a black , was servant to a gentleman residing in the neighbourhood of Gray's Inn ; his wife an European of light complexion , in service in the same family ...
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... coloured Indians inhabi- ting the region about the Isthmus of Darien , the birth of an albino child of dark parents is occasionally seen . This white person is very different however from the European albino . The skin is milk - white ...
... coloured Indians inhabi- ting the region about the Isthmus of Darien , the birth of an albino child of dark parents is occasionally seen . This white person is very different however from the European albino . The skin is milk - white ...
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... coloured.1 It is not improbable that the occurrence of these va- rieties is due to a former intermixture . It is a singular fact , and one for which it may perhaps be difficult to render a satisfactory reason , that there exists less ...
... coloured.1 It is not improbable that the occurrence of these va- rieties is due to a former intermixture . It is a singular fact , and one for which it may perhaps be difficult to render a satisfactory reason , that there exists less ...
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abscess afterwards appeared attack attended became birth blood blotches body cervix chancre character child cicatrix cloth colour complaint continued cured cutaneous dark-red delivery died disappeared discharge disorder doses emaciated eruptions erythema excoriated existed external Fcap fibrin fissured form of disease full term gonorrhoea guaiacum hereditary husband infant infection inflamed inflammation inoculation instances inunction ioduretted sarsaparilla irritable labia labium labouring leucorrhoea liable limbs lips lues venerea marriage medicine ment mercury months morbid mother mucous nature noticed observation occupied offspring organs orifice pain parents patches patient peculiar period poison Post 8vo practice preceding pregnancy previously primary affection psoriasis ptyalism pudendum purulent racter remarkably remedy result rheumatism scaly scrofulous Second Edition secondary syphilis similar skin sore throat specific still-born suffered supervening surface sycosis symptoms taint tion treated treatment tubercles ulcers urethra uterine uterus vagina venereal affection venereal disease vulva weeks wife
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