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Show Remarkable Case of Heredity. A remarkable case of Inheritance of the abnormal fingers possessed by the first earl of Shrewsbury, related by Dr. H. Drlnkwater to the Royal So-, clety of Medicine, Is reported In the London Lancet. In a direct male descendant de-scendant of the earl the ring finger and little fingers of both hands had only one joint, the first two bones being be-ing united, and all the toes, except one, were similarly "affected. This man's father and paternal grandfather showed the same abnormality, and when the body of the first Lord Shrewsbury was exhumed In 1874 it was found that his fingers were in a like condition. As he died In 1453, this peculiarity has come down nearly 500 years through 14 generations. |