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THE relation of complexion to disease is discussed by Dr. John Beddoe, F. R. S., in the course of a paper in Science Progress. Baxter's great work on the medical statistics of the Civil War contains evidence as to the greater liability of blonds to certain classes of disease (in America at least). It follows from this that the blonds in America have less chance than the brunets of contributing their due proportion to the next generation, and therefore the blonds ought to diminish relatively, and the brunets to increase.
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Science in the Magazines. Nature 54, 260–261 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/054260a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/054260a0