The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1882-02-11
Inheritance.
ny CHARLES DARWIN.

a GENTLEMAN, when hoy, had the
skin Of both thumbs badly cracked from
exposure to cold, combined with me skin
disease. His thumbs swelled greatly, and
remained in this state for long time.
When they healed they were misshapcn,
ard the nail. ever afterward were singu.
larry narrow, shot and thick. This gen.
t'c'nan had four children, OF whom the
eldest, Sarah, had both her thumbs and
nails like her father the third child, also,
daughter. had one thumb similarly de-.
formed. The two other children, boy
and girl were normal. The daughter Sarah
had four children, Of whom the eldest and
the third, both daughters, tad their two
thumbs dc:or,ned: the other two chill.
dren, Il boy and girl, were normal, The
great. grandchildren o. this gentleman were
I'll normal. Mr.. Bishop believes that the
I'D gentleman was correct III attrbuting
the state OF his thumbs to cold, aided by
skin disease, US he positively asserted that
his thumbs were not originally mis>hapen,
and there was no record Of any previous
inherited tendency oi the kind in his iami.
". lie had six brothers and sisters, who
lived to have families, some Of them
very large families, and in none was
there any trace OF detormi'y in their
thumbs.
Several more ar less closely analogous
cases have been recorded; but, until with
in II recent period, every one naturally felt
much doubt whether the effects OF a matt.
lation or Injury were ever really inherited,
as accidental condolences would almost
certainly occasionally occur. The subject.
however, now wears tot lily different as
poet, since DR.. Brown Sequard's famous
experiments, proving that Guinea pigs o!
the next generation we're affected by op
etations on certain nerves. MIR. Eugene
Dupuv, ut San Francisco, California, has
likewise found, as he informs me, that with
these animals, "lesions OF nerve trunks
are almost invariably transmitted For
Instance, "the effects M sections M the
crrvical sympathetic on the eyes are repro.
""eN III VIC sVu"s, "s"' S"t'>S"". wv ~
>'ri'cd by my eminent FREUD and master,
Or. Brown Sequard) when induced by
l.sions OF the sciatic nerve" Mr.. Dupn.
has communicated to mt still more re-
,,arkable case of thu: transmitted effects
or the brain from an injury to a nerve;
but do not feel ut iih.r.v to give this CASE
AS Mr. Dupuy intends t" pursue his re
Searches, and will, a> | hope, publish the
results -.EotM,r.
The much abused rat has now strong
champion IN Il car Sin widow Who lives
On We.ton Street. The other night >h.
heard some one taMpcring With her A'tc'
III window. which /. situated directly be-
hath her bedroom window. She did
mi wish t. alarm any OF tn, other >lc' r'r>
In the hs,;,>e, and vet she did not wish I"
have the ro!Nicr steal what silver ware sht
had in he, hou.c FINAL, shc very quietly
raised her bedroom window. and taking
h,r I,ou-c cat Nv the back let him drop !"
tin. hca.. and slMa, 4 r. M tn. w'uid'%
burglar. In IN Instant III. r. WAS an IN
nrrcitul Yell. aud tho bur.'a' and the ca
Disappeared :ro..., the corncr and wen
H'"n WrttOn Str, It At il terrible rate St''
i'> hot >rvn her cat >intc.--t "'''""
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