The Washington times., 1920-03-28

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case we would have to suppose that an
emotional" experience acts on the hen
during incubation and is transmitted by
her to the egg which she is Matching.
In the eggs of fish all sorts of mon.
strosities occur, and they occur more fire.
duently than in man. according to PROBES.
+ sor H. r. Johnson.
Edwin G. Conklin. professor of biology
In Princeton University, had the following
to say about maternal impressions in his
Harrfs lectures on heredity at Northwest
ern University in 1914:
The only maternal influences which
can affect the developing embryo are
chiefly nutritive In character Careful
studies have shown that supposed mater.
nal Impressions of the physical, mental
or emotional conditions of the mother
upon the unborn child have no existence
in fact. except in so far as the quality of
the mothers blood may be changed anu
may affect the child. At no time, whether
before or after birth, is the mother more
than nurse to the child. The principles
OF heredity and development are the same
In fishes, frogs, birds and men,"
woman cannot by any mental expert
ence cause a maldevelopment in her own
body conforming to given idea Much
less can she produce such a result in an
otheE however closely related to her.
providence has not left the DEVELOPMENT
OF the unborn infant to the influence OF
maternal whims and caprices and fancies
to an intuitive metamorphic power
which would result In reproductions Of
every object which impresses the mater
nal mind with horror and disgust
Pohlman and Bischoff recently studied
1000 continements in an attempt to find
correspondence between abnormal devel-
opment and mental emotions that would
stand scientific test The most careful
analysis demonstrated that not a single
alleged case was valid
or marvellous and plausible citations
there Will continue to be no end, and we'll
meaning physicians will have their part
in these, as they have had in the past,
but they will mean no more than the cpl
sode vouched for by some wag to the effect
that an expectant mother once witnessed
a fight between two bears at the Bronx
Zoo and shortly thereafter gave birth to a
child with two bare feet.
Thus, as printed above Doctor Jacobson
discusses the history Of the ancient belief
that prenatal influences may mark the
child with peculiarities, and the attitude
of modern medical science toward this be-
lief
In the present instance it, perhaps, is
worth noting that there were several wit
nesses to the unfortunate happening which
occurred on November 23 1915, when Mrs.
Hogan was attacked by the vicious horse.
She was walking along East One Hundred
and Ninth street with her little eight-year-
old daughter, Violet. Her older daughter.
Mabel, was walking on ahead with other
school children.
Suddenly the milk wagon horse reached
cut its head and caught little Violet by the
shoulder The horse closed its teeth upon
the child and then seemed to lift 1t off ito
feet
Mrs. Hogan pulled at the little one and
struck at the horse, and as the animal re-
Taxed its jaws the child fell to the side
walk. The animal then stepped forward,
raising itself onto the sidewalk and strik
ing out with its forelegs, apparently at
tempting to get at Mrs. Hogan.
The horse struck the mother blow with
one of its forelegs and Mrs. Hogan fell to
the sidewalk. The animal then reached
down and bit Mrs. Hogan on the abdomen
and an infected, fostering, painful sore re-
suited. This wound was still unhenled
and Mrs. Hogan's physical and nervou.
condition was very bad until March 3.
when little Jeanette was born.
People ask u.s." Mrs. Hogan said. "whN
we have waited nearly four years to lrius
tn1S suit LOT uaInaBeS IN DenaIf or at ~
Jeanette. am glad to explain that it
was because a. the time of the injury We
brought suit for damages to little Violet
That suit was instituted at once, but the
thing has dragged along all these years
and the Borden Company finally settled
only last December.
THE owners of the horse paid 81 800 for
the injuries 10 little Violet but the law.
yers got most of II. When the fees and
expenses we're paid there were but $3.50
left. Mr.. Hogan has put this money in
the savings bank in Violets name. II will
be kept there until she grows up. II y
very little for a shock that has made the
child intensely nervous and we fear she
will never fully recover from IT,
"As soon as the settlement was finally
arranged in regard to my daughter Violet.
we then at once moved against the Borden
Company In this new suit to obtain dam
ages for the injuries to poor little Jean
nette-damages for injuries which no
amount OF money in the world can ever
recompense the child for"