e
quickly, are short of breath, and may have a tendency to faint easily.
The hands and feet are cold, the pulse is small and irregular. They may
have attacks of nose-bleeding and of bed-wetting.

Chlorosis.--Chlorosis is that form of anemia, of poor blood, which
occurs in young girls about the time their sickness begins. It is most
frequently seen between the fourteenth and seventeenth years, and more
often in blondes than in brunettes. The cause is not known. It is
thought to be due to constipation. Any occupation which is deleterious
to health has a distinct influence on the condition. Employment in
factories, confinement in badly ventilated rooms, bad or insufficient
food, great grief, care, or a bad fright, mental strain, overstudy, may
all produce, or contribute to the production of chlorosis.

Symptoms.--The symptoms of chlorosis resemble those of simple anemia.
Children suffering from anemia are pale; girls with chlorosis have a
peculiar greenish yellow tint in the skin. They are short of breath,
they have vertigo, palpitation, disturbances of digestion, constipation,
cold hands and feet, and scanty or arrested monthly periods. They have
various nervous disturbances, such as headache, pains in various parts
of the body, neuralgia, especially over the eyes, hysterical attacks,
and sometimes cholera. Ulcer of the stomach is sometimes seen in this
condition.

The disease lasts for a year or longer; it frequently lasts a number of
years. Relapses are frequent.

[Illustration: By permission of Henry H. Goddard

"A Misfortune at Birth"]

Warren is feeble-minded. His family said it was due to "a serious fall
of the mother."

[A]"The family history is, however, exceedingly interesting.

"The paternal grandfather, whom we have called Nick, was of good
family, although he himself was totally different from the rest. He
was weak in every way, and to be considered feeble-minded. He
married into a family that was much lower socially than his own,
although we have no proof that it was a defective family. The
children of this couple were all mentally defective and low-grade,
morally as well as intellectually.

"Warren's father, Jake, a thoroughly disgraceful character, married
Sal, a woman somewhat older than he.

"The immorality of this family beggars description. A girl named
Moll was fifteen years old when Jake brought her into his home: his
wife,