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The Mongol: A New Explanation

Fourth Communication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

R. M. Clark*
Affiliation:
Whittingham Mental Hospital, Lancashire
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It is now recognized that mongolism results from defects inherent in the germ-plasm. This has been proved by numerous observers, including Bauer, Orel, Halbertsma, Brousseau and others, who have investigated the occurrence of mongolism in uniovular and biovular twins.

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