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Show The Thumb In Lorutcy. A physician in charge of a well known asylum for tho insane recently re-cently Kilcl: "There is one infallible infalli-ble tat either for the approach or the presence of lunacy. If the person per-son whose case is being examined Is seen to make no use of his thumb, if be lets It stand out at right angles from the hand, and employs lt neither In salutation, writing nor any other manual exerrise, you may ret it down as a fact that that person's mental balance is gone. He or she may converse intelligently, may In every resjwet be guarding the secret of a mind diseased with the utmost care and cunning, but tbe telltale thumb will infallibly betray be-tray tbe lurking madness which is concealed behind a plausible demeanor." de-meanor." FhUadelphia Xurth American. |