Abstract
Human twins and twins of the animal kingdom generally have always been objects of interest because of their striking external similarity. Human twins of complete identity or, as they are technically designated, identical or duplicate twins, are of special interest because of their identical sex and external likenesses. The twins of this report are of double interest, (1) because of the apparent external identity of features and sex and (2) because of a like pathologic disturbance found in them, namely, that of genuine epilepsy. REPORT OF A CASE The twins came to the clinic on Feb. 3, 1927, because of and since then I have observed them from time to time. Glen and Irvin, later to be referred to as G and I., were identical twins, born one minute apart in 1916. The history of the parents and of their known relatives was without significance. Twinning, epilepsy, alcoholism and
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