From the earliest times physicians have recorded observations of the transmission of nervous diseases by heredity. In modern times the accumulation of large amounts of material in the shape of clinical statistics published by hospitals has established beyond question the fact that heredity plays an essential part in the etiology of certain neuropathic conditions. Table I shows some statistical figures selected at random. 2 Loc. cit.
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