The Hahnemannian monthly . plete without reference to the mental state of the mother duringgestation. Nothing herewith stated is to my mind conclusiveevidence that the maternal impressions had anything to do withthe deformities, for the mother prior to delivery had no thoughtor anxiety about any possible malformation. She had no reason 550 The Hahnemannian Monthly. [September, to be disturbed, for she had already borne two perfectly formedchildren. After the child was born and it was made known to. her that it was defective, she recalled that, during the firstmonth of her pregnancy, on a visit
The Hahnemannian monthly . plete without reference to the mental state of the mother duringgestation. Nothing herewith stated is to my mind conclusiveevidence that the maternal impressions had anything to do withthe deformities, for the mother prior to delivery had no thoughtor anxiety about any possible malformation. She had no reason 550 The Hahnemannian Monthly. [September, to be disturbed, for she had already borne two perfectly formedchildren. After the child was born and it was made known to. her that it was defective, she recalled that, during the firstmonth of her pregnancy, on a visit to a part of the country 1900.] A Case of Congenital Deformity. 551 distant from her home, she came in contact with, and sawrepeatedly, a child with one club foot. She also knew of anoperation performed upon it about that time, and felt muchpity, but no thought that her own child might be similarlyaffected. At about the same time she called upon a person inthe neighborhood who had suffered for nine years with chronicrheumatism which had resulted in great distortion of thehands. She shook hands with her and noticed the disfigure-ment of the right hand as she took it in hers. This alsoaroused her pity and compassion, but still there was no shadowof anxiety for her own offspring. To me this is not a very strong argument in this case in favorof maternal impressions as a cause of the deformities. As far as I can learn, the club foot case which she saw was acommon talipes varus, of one foot only
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