On the Transmission from Parent to Offspring of Some Forms of Disease and of Morbid Taints and Tendencies |
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... complete that the ori- ginal traits become , in process of time , almost annihilated . I am in the habit of seeing a family of children whose great - grandfather was a negro . He married an English woman , of the melanose complexion ...
... complete that the ori- ginal traits become , in process of time , almost annihilated . I am in the habit of seeing a family of children whose great - grandfather was a negro . He married an English woman , of the melanose complexion ...
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... complete , although it remained , at the age of seven years , smaller than the other . Her second delivery took place on the 16th of March , 1843 , when the same apprehensions were entertained by the patient on this occasion also , her ...
... complete , although it remained , at the age of seven years , smaller than the other . Her second delivery took place on the 16th of March , 1843 , when the same apprehensions were entertained by the patient on this occasion also , her ...
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... complete loss of vision of the same side . There had been no such defect in any other members of her family , so far as she and her mother knew , except the child of her sister before - mentioned . The mother unhesitatingly attributes ...
... complete loss of vision of the same side . There had been no such defect in any other members of her family , so far as she and her mother knew , except the child of her sister before - mentioned . The mother unhesitatingly attributes ...
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... complete . The child's mother was also subjected to a course of treatment with oxymu- riate of mercury , but many months elapsed before her health was in a satisfactory state . She was again de- livered in April , 1848 , of a full ...
... complete . The child's mother was also subjected to a course of treatment with oxymu- riate of mercury , but many months elapsed before her health was in a satisfactory state . She was again de- livered in April , 1848 , of a full ...
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... complete . No secondary eruptions or other form of ailment supervened , with the exception of a purulent discharge , which had continued ever since . She was naturally a remarkably healthy woman , and had never before , to her knowledge ...
... complete . No secondary eruptions or other form of ailment supervened , with the exception of a purulent discharge , which had continued ever since . She was naturally a remarkably healthy woman , and had never before , to her knowledge ...
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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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