Show remarkable case of heredity A remarkable case of of the abnormal fingers by tho earl of Shrews buiT related by dr II 11 to the royal so bletl of medicine Is reported in the london lancet in n direct male de of the earl the ring finger and little fingers of both hands hid only one joint the first two bonis being united and all the toes except one were similarly affected this mans father and showed the same abnormality and hen the body of the first lord shrewsbury was exhumed in 1874 it was found thit his fengers atre in n like condition As he died in 1453 thi has come down nearly bears through 14 |