An Attempt to Correct Some of the Misstatements Statements Made by Sir Victor Horsley, F. R. S., F. R. C. S., And Mary Sturge, M.D., In Their ... the Influence, of Parental Alcoholism, &C.'

Excerpt from An Attempt to Correct Some of the Misstatements Statements Made by Sir Victor Horsley, F. R. S., F. R. C. S., And Mary Sturge, M.D., In Their Criticisms of the Galton Laboratory, Memoir: 'A Study First Study of the Influence, of Parental Alcoholism, &C.'
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