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Is tad;.-'Bight;inherited; does it come through studioushabits?, Under the wing of the ifVamisGaltonEugenics Laboratory, at the London IJfliveriity;' a; close study of these questions has been "made and just reported on by JSlisa Amy Barrmgton and Professor, Karl Pearson. , ; It "has been a 'mathematical inquiry founded upon various statistics. \ They nnd:that therois no evidence whatever that overcrowded, .poycrty-stfiekon homes', or physically : ilkx>riditionod -or- immoral parentages are markedlyVdetrimcntal to -the children's eyesight.: Thoro is.not sufficient evidence that school; environment has a deleterious effect on tho eyesight of children. Though changes of vision occur during school ycare they hold that these are phases of ono law of growth, a passage; from; hypermetropia (Far-sight) " to ommetropia ■■< (normal 'sight) and .myopia (short-sight), v of ' tho.; oyos of -.; "unstable stocks." •'■ TFiey find ample evidence that.the power of the eye—good- orbad—is .an inherited character, 'and the' degree.of 'correlation between.tho eyesight of pairs of relativesis of a wholly different, order to tho cortelation'.■.of : eyesight;:with homo!enviroii-:ment,''';.;;;;;;.^;;:':?';-':;r':; : ■■■'■■.■•;■.■'"•'■ '.';'.. ■..■•■•■ : Vxozenpi■'*'■ EitpisioN ,-is .palatable,".■.easily digested , land •adv infallible .remedy for lung" 1 troubles. '■■.:: '••'■;■ '■■■>\. '•';■: ■;"/■""■': •:.; '.-, ;,''-.'---,4:

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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 515, 24 May 1909, Page 8

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211

Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 515, 24 May 1909, Page 8

Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 515, 24 May 1909, Page 8

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