[13] Almost any other organ might have been selected. For instance Mr. J. Tomes, ‘System of Dental Surgery,’ 2nd edit., 1873, p. 114, gives many instances with teeth, and others have been communicated to me.
[14] ‘Philosoph. Transact.,’ 1814, p. 94.
[15] ‘Medical Notes and Reflections,’ 3rd edit., p. 33.
[16] This affection, as I hear from Mr. Bowman, has been ably described and spoken of as hereditary by Dr. Donders of Utrecht, whose work was published in English by the Sydenham Society in 1864.
[17] M. Giraud-Teulon has recently collected abundant statistical evidence, ‘Revue des Cours Scientifiques,’ Sept., 1870, p. 625, showing that short sight is due to the habit of viewing objects from a short distance, c’est le travail assidu, de près.
[18] Quoted by Mr. Herbert Spencer, ‘Principles of Biology,’ vol. i. p. 244.
[19] ‘British and Foreign Medico-Chirurg. Review,’ April, 1861, pp. 482-6; ‘L’Héréd. Nat.,’ tom. i. pp. 391-408.
[20] Dr. Osborne, Pres. of Royal College of Phys. in Ireland, published this case in the ‘Dublin Medical Journal,’ for 1835.
[21] These various statements are taken from the following works and papers:—Youatt on ‘The Horse,’ pp. 35, 220. Lawrence, ‘The Horse,’ p. 30. Karkeek, in an excellent paper in ‘Gard. Chronicle,’ 1853, p. 92. Mr. Burke, in ‘Journal of R. Agricul. Soc. of England,’ vol. v. p. 511. ‘Encyclop. of Rural Sports,’ p. 279. Girou de Buzareingues, ‘Philosoph. Phys.,’ p. 215. See following papers in ‘The Veterinary;’ Roberts in vol. ii. p. 144; M. Marrimpoey vol. ii. p. 387; Mr. Karkeek, vol. iv. p. 5; Youatt on Goitre in Dogs, vol. v. p. 483: Youatt in vol. vi. pp. 66, 348, 412; M. Bernard, vol. xi. p. 539; Dr. Samesreuther, on Cattle, in vol. xii. p. 181; Percivall, in vol. xiii. p. 47. With respect to blindness in horses see also a whole row of authorities in Dr. P. Lucas’s great work, tom. i. p. 399. Mr. Baker in ‘The Veterinary,’ vol. xiii. p. 721, gives a strong case of hereditary imperfect vision and of jibbing.
[22] Knight on ‘The Culture of the Apple and Pear,’ p. 34. Lindley’s ‘Horticulture,’ p. 180.