Show remarkable case of heredity A remarkable case of inheritance of the abnormal fingers possessed by the first arst earl of shrewsbury related by dr H drinkwater to the royal society of medicine Is reported in the london lancet in a direct male descendant ant of the earl the ring finger and little fingers of both hands had only one joint the first two bones being united and all the toes except one were similarly affected this I 1 mans rn ans father and paternal grandfather showed the same abnormality normality ib and han ahen 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 1153 1453 1 this peculiarity lias ins come down nearly years through 14 genera generations tiong |