A Monograph On Albinism In Man

Author : Karl Pearson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334691980
Total Pages : 176 pages
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Download or read book A Monograph on Albinism in Man written by Karl Pearson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Monograph on Albinism in Man: d104; Part IV., Appendices Fig. 4. Three albinotic children (ii. 2, 3, 4) whose father (i. 2) has very fair hair and moustache but good eyes and normal in every respect, and mother (i. 3) very dark hair and eyes, tall and handsome. I. 1, a Sister of the father of the albinos, has brown hair and none of her children are albinotic. (dr F. W. Lindsay.) Fig. 5. The two youngest of five children albinotic, the three elder ones dark haired. II. 4, aged 6, full albino with nystagmus, translucent irides, red pupils and high H. As., H. 3 D. Vertical, 8 D. Horizontal. Mother (i. 2) dark brown hair and blue eyes, father dark brown hair and brown eyes. (dr Geo. W. Thompson.) Fig. 6. Three albinos in a sibship of eight (ii. 3, 5, The other five are all fair in degrees, none dark. Father and mother both fair, not blood-relations. II. 3, aged 14, R. H. As., H. 6d. Vertical, 8 D. Horizontal, V. Corrected L. H. 2 D. Vertical, 4d. Horizontal, V. Corrected hair yellowish-white, eyelashes quite white, irides translucent, pupils red, horizontal nystagmus, fundus albinotic. II. 5, aged 12, slight As. But refraction not fully given, irregular nystagmus, divergent squint, V. Barely 366, irides slightly pigmented but pupils sometimes red, hair of scalp, eyebrows and eyelashes nearly white, fundus totally albinotic. II. 6, aged 11, H. 1d. Nearly vertical, 35 D. Nearly horizontal, V. Corrected T6? Barely, irides greenish-gray, hair of scalp very fair, eyebrows rather darker, eyelashes brownish, fundus Only slightly albinotic. II. 7, aged 10, hair darkish blond, eyebrows and lashes lighter, V. G with slight H. As., fundus light red; this boy probably not fairer than the other non-albinotic siblings. (dr Victor Hanke, Vienna, through Mr J. Herbert Parsons.) Fig. 7. Albinotic girl aged 7 (iii. The only sibling (iii. 2) brown-haired. III. 1, hair, eyelashes and eyebrows nearly white and the colour has not become darker since birth; hair Of scalp continued as fine white down on forehead; irides gray-white and translucent, pupils red, fundus quite albinotic nystagmus and divergent squint; refraction slightly M., V. Cannot be determined accurately. Mother and father both dark-blond, not consanguineous mother's father said to have been an albino. (i dem.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.