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The Mongol: A New Explanation

Fourth Communication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

R. M. Clark*
Affiliation:
Whittingham Mental Hospital, Lancashire

Extract

It is now recognized that mongolism results from defects inherent in the germ-plasm. This has been proved by numerous observers, including Bauer, Orel, Halbertsma, Brousseau and others, who have investigated the occurrence of mongolism in uniovular and biovular twins.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1933 

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