On the Transmission from Parent to Offspring of Some Forms of Disease and of Morbid Taints and Tendencies |
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... died before the age of twenty years of phthisis , complicated with white swelling of the knee in both - diseases which had previously been unknown in the family of either parent . The two sons suffered from syphilis in the usual form ...
... died before the age of twenty years of phthisis , complicated with white swelling of the knee in both - diseases which had previously been unknown in the family of either parent . The two sons suffered from syphilis in the usual form ...
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... much larger than the right . His brother , who died under my notice at the age of three years , had the same Lectures on Medicine , Med . Gaz . 1840 , p . 232 . 1 kind of disproportion of the head . It existed , 12 HEREDITARY TRANSMISSION .
... much larger than the right . His brother , who died under my notice at the age of three years , had the same Lectures on Medicine , Med . Gaz . 1840 , p . 232 . 1 kind of disproportion of the head . It existed , 12 HEREDITARY TRANSMISSION .
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... died nine months afterwards of malignant disease of the uterus . Neither idiotcy nor malignant disease had been previously known in the family of either parent . But , that powerful impressions operating upon the mother are capable of ...
... died nine months afterwards of malignant disease of the uterus . Neither idiotcy nor malignant disease had been previously known in the family of either parent . But , that powerful impressions operating upon the mother are capable of ...
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... died , giving birth to a boy , who , " by the mysterious law of nature , " had the imprint of a horse's shoe , in miniature , on his forehead . The great novelist introduces us , after the lapse of several centuries , to a string of the ...
... died , giving birth to a boy , who , " by the mysterious law of nature , " had the imprint of a horse's shoe , in miniature , on his forehead . The great novelist introduces us , after the lapse of several centuries , to a string of the ...
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... died of consumption before the completion of their studies . But , whether derived congenitally or by some accidental infliction in after life , a defective state of parts is liable to exert an influence on the offspring . Thus in an ...
... died of consumption before the completion of their studies . But , whether derived congenitally or by some accidental infliction in after life , a defective state of parts is liable to exert an influence on the offspring . Thus in an ...
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abscess afterwards appeared attack attended became birth blood blotches body cervix chancre character child cicatrix colour complaint continued cured cutaneous dark-red delivery died disappeared discharge disorder doses emaciated Engravings eruptions erythema excoriated existed external fcap fibrin fissured form of disease full term gonorrhoea guaiacum hereditary Hospital 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 occupied offspring organs orifice pain parents patches patient peculiar period Physician poison practice practitioner 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 suppurating surface Surgeon swelling sycosis symptoms taint tion treated treatment tubercles ulcers urethra uterine uterus vagina venereal affection vulva weeks wife