Abstract

ADA BROOK, aet. 6½. Both father and mother are living and healthy; both are steady; there is no blood-relationship between them. Two other children are living and healthy; three are dead, one by an accident, and the other two, who were twins, in early infancy. The mother never miscarried. The father had an uncle who is said to have died 'out of his mind;' he was not, however, in an asylum, but died in his own house. There is no other history of insanity, and no history of fits in the family. Several members of the father's family are said to have died of consumption. The patient was born with a very extensive mother's mark' on the right side of the head and face. The mark is bounded pretty accurately by the middle line in the upper lip, nose, forehead, scalp, and back of the neck, extending a little

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