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in decendents[sic], where attack appeared early we do not have marriage. With Huntingtons chorea have much epilepsy & insanity.
Paper by Dr. Rosanhoff & Miss Martin
"The Offspring of the Insane."
1) Studied thoroughly the cases of patients who had children.
2) studied other parent of children.
3) Observed the offspring & obtained biological facts.
10 families studied and 400 individuals. In all there were 61 offspring, 49 of which grew up. Of these in
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4 families out of the 10 studied there were 16 offspring, all of whom were normal. In 4 families 11 were slightly neuropathic and 6 were normal. In other 2 families were 16 children in all, of these one was insane, 1 was suicide, 2 were marked neuropathics & rest were normal.
Dr. Banker of Harvard.
Harvard has kept very complete records for a number of years of its students, and both as to the mental & the physical makeup. Have been a number of cases where both son & parent are