The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-19

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An instance Of two identical
twins who displayed the same re-
Spouse TO a given outside influence
is a reported case of vaccination.
Two days after vaccination Of
these identical twins, four pust-
ules appeared in identical posi-
tons on the skin. Three days
later, two more pu5tules appeared
on each, and one pustule APP
peared in front Of the left ear of
each twin. All the pustules on
both disappeared on the same day
and the vaccination scar was ex-
actly the same shape and size in
each.
Identical Twins
Identical twins are seldom
reared separately but when they
are, even with entirely different
environments their characteristics
are the same. Newman has re-
corded the history of a pair of
twins, one brought up in London,
England, one in Ontario, Canada.
When they met twenty odd years
after their separatior,they found
they both had the same tastes,
both had hasty tempers, both
worried about the same things.
One had had a better education
and his intelligence quotient was
higher, which indicates that en-
viropment affects the intellect
more than the emotions. This is
typical of many case histories of
identical twins separated in child
hood which Newman records in
his book Twins: A Study Of
Heredity and Environment"
Twins do not dress alike entire
ly to confuse people: they like the
same colors and patterns. know
one of a pair Of twin brothers.
They live at opposite ends of the
country. Nearly every year they
travel to visit their mother on her
birthday. Time after time, when
they arrive, without any COM
munication or agreement having
passed between them, they will be
wearing the same colored ties,
clothes-even hats and shoes Of
the same model.
Twins undoubtedly run in fami-
lies though not as markedly as
sometimes supposed. Twin births
occur once in 80; triplets once in
1000. DR.. Detweler Of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture has
published the record of the Ber-
thelet family, which he has traced
in great detail since 1886. Out Of
1888 individuals whose birth rec
ords can be found, there we're %
sets Of twins, about one-third
more than the average.
The most fascinating feature
Of the studies Of twins, to me, is
the fact that so many pairs have
the same length Of life. II they
die natural deaths-that is, not
accidental, which includes deaths
from an infectious disease like
pneumonia, we have many in
stances of their dying on the same
day and even on the same hour.
Such facts tend TO support the
theory that what you do to your
body does not make nearly as
much difference as what the igor
Of the life force was when you
were started on this earthly four
ney.
The foremost American student
Of twins from biological stand
point is DR.. H. H. Newman Of the
University Of Chicago.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Z. A. c.; Please give US
through your column some advice
about bunions. They are so pain
ful and disfguring. My own ex-
perience has been the change in
bone structure has thrown the
foot out of normal posture and
the calf muscles and back are
affected. After full-fedged bum
ion has developed, what would be
your advice? Is surgery success
full? Is recovery from the opera
ton long-drawn out process?"
Answer = You are perfectly
right that bunions will deform the
foot and affect the calf muscle and
back. Orthopedic surgeons and
podiatrists are perfectly capable
OF handling bunions satisfactorily
in all stages. There is no reason
why there should be prolonged suf-
fering or Disagreement. Surgery
IS successful in many cases and
does not involve q very long period
Of convalescence.
liked Joe, either, nor had Joe liked
ldolf. II was a three cornered
marriage Of convenience.
There are totalitarians and to-
talitarians. They mix when they
nave to. but they don't enjoy it.