__________________
F F M |F
Mute Mute Normal Normal
|
M
Mute

CASE No. 7, p. 231.

J.G. A----'s FAMILY HISTORY.

PATERNAL SIDE. MATERNAL SIDE.
F /
i | Grandfather, a drunkard Grandmother, "odd"
r | Grandmother, normal Grandfather, normal
s |
G t \
e
n S / Uncle, a drunkard Uncle, epileptic
e e | Uncle, a drunkard Uncle, rheumatic, totally
r c | crippled and his daughter also
a o | Uncle, an epileptic Uncle, rheumatic
t n | Aunt, rheumatic
i d \ Father, excitable & irritable Mother, died in asylum
o
n T / Daughter, has had rheumatism and has had heart disease
s h | Son, now insane
i | Son, died a few days old of convulsions
r | Son, now a chronic maniac in an asylum
d | Daughter, suicidal, melancholic; died in an asylum. No issue.
\ Family now extinct.

* * * * *

CASE No. 8, p. 303.

S. M----'s FAMILY.

M F
-----------------------------------------
Asthmatic | Somewhat weak-minded
|
|
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1 23456 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
| | | | | | | | |
Healthy Died in Drowned Epilepsy Healthy Idiot Died in Healthy |
infancy infancy |
in in Scrofulous
convulsions convulsions

_The above diagrammatic histories of eight families are taken from Dr.
Strahan's "Marriage and Disease."_

CHAPTER VIII.

THE MULTIPLICATION OF THE FIT IN RELATION TO THE STATE.

_The State's ideal in relation to the fertility of its subjects_.--_Keen
competition means great effort and great