The influence of heredity on idiocy / by Martin W. Barr.

  • Barr, Martin W., 1860-1938.
Date:
[1895?]
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Credit: The influence of heredity on idiocy / by Martin W. Barr. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    Geneological Table No. 2. Patient's great-praudfather not bright. J , ;. I Patient's grandfather very reserved.=Patieuts grandmother excitable and queer. Patient's father irritable, excitable, bad-tempered; formerly intemperate. Patient, G. B., imbecile, para- j y z e d on left side. Eleven brothers and sisters dying of fits during teething, and one living paralyzed in right arm. Two brothel s; no peculiarity. Eldest children of both bro- thers affected in same way as G. B. . I One sister; no peculiarity. Eldest child queer and ex- citable. Genealogical Table, No. 3. Huntington's chorea as far back as can be traced on mother's side. Maternal grandfather phthisical. Maternal grandmother choreic. Paternal grandfather healthy and strong: longevity remarkable. Paternal grandmother sturdy and healthy; longevity remarkable. Issue Seven children. Issue Three living, extremely nervous, but no chorea; married. Nine children, all living, strong and Children Four dead of chorea, including healthy, including said to be mother. father, normal, no chorea. Issue I Male. Apparently normal.but extremely nervous. Female. Apparently normal,but extremely nervou9. Married, but no trace of nervousness in children. Female. Male. Female. Three children. Deaf and Imbecile. Idiot. Sex and order or Dumb. birth unknown. One died of epilcp- sy.oneof diarrhrea. and one was still- born.