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only a month. She is taking salts every morning and quinine every night, and said she would just as soon kill herself as have more children.

Case C. 1156.—Deaf. Has had eleven pregnancies, one child only, the eldest, living. Ten of the pregnancies terminated at the seventh month and though the children were born alive none lived more than a few months and some lived only a few days.

Case C. 1167.—Fifteen times pregnant since 1900. Eight living children three who died as imbeciles in the second year, and three miscarriages.

Case 466.—Seven times pregnant, the first child born at 5½ months, the second at seven months which only lived 3½ hours. Acknowledges two abortions, one brought on by salts and the other by "French capsules."

Case C. 366.—Has been in hospital for months at a time, has been told by her doctor that pregnancy may be fatal, has bronze patches all over her body, fainted several times during the birth of the last child. Pregnant eight times, the first child born dead and the sixth at six months. The last child born with twisted legs and now has very bad rickets.