Notebook of Twin Case Data

Date:
1874-1875
Reference:
GALTON/2/4/3/12/4
Part of:
Galton Papers
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Notebook containing information on twin cases recorded by Galton. The contents are listed as:

  • Cases of both twins being often ill at the same time.
  • Cases of both twins having some special ailment.
  • Cases in which one twin had an accident which the other had not.
  • Comparison of elder and younger twins.
  • Similar associations.
  • Cases in which both twins, being alike, have considerable vigour.
  • Instances of dissimilarity.

    • Publication/Creation

    1874-1875

    Physical description

    1 notebook

    Location of duplicates

    A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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    The papers are available at UCL Special Collections and Archives subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

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    Location of original

    The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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