On heredity in relation to disease : the Harveian Oration for 1908, delivered before the Royal College of Physicians of London on October 19th, 1908 / by J.A. Ormerod.

  • Ormerod, J. A. (Joseph Arderne), 1848-1925.
Date:
1908
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    30 ON HEREDITY IN RELATION TO DISEASE man, to his normal characteristics and to conditions of disease, and how far thej are applicable. This question cannot be answered com¬ pletely. Observations have been made (many of them, I imagine, under the inspiration of Professor Bateson) on various points, such as the colour of the iris by Mr. Hurst; here¬ ditary diseases of the eye, such as congenital cataract, night-blindness, and colour-blind¬ ness by Mr. Nettleship; hgemophilia, albinism, alkaptonuria by Dr. Grarrod ; hereditary de¬ formities of the limbs by Farabee and others.* Dr. Gossage has rightly drawn attention to the importance of hereditary diseases of the skin, which are easily observed, and has himself investigated the condition known as tylosis of the hands and feet.f It would appear that in some cases the Mendelian proportion works out—in enough, perhaps, to encourage further research ; but I do not know whether more can be definitely said. The difficulties are sufficiently obvious. Thé * Vide Professor Bateson's Address to the Neurological Society, ' Brain,' vol. xxix, p. 157. t ' Quarterly Journal of Medicine/' vol. i, No. 3, p. 331.