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Sent From (Definite): Charles Howard UsherSent To (Definite): Karl PearsonDate: 17 May 1915
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Sent fromCharles Howard Usher
17 May 1915
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‘Dear Pearson,
I am sending a proof of Chinese eye plates with comments by separate package. Souter went over the proof with me. The fundus of each eye is really very good.
These are plates of two Hindu albinos sent by Grant, and engineer in Rangoon.
Yours sincerely,
C.H. Usher.’
[attached to above:]
‘Fig. Three Hindu albinos in a...
II, 2 male (seen) aged 9 (1915) with blue grey eyes, light...
brown spots on his shoulders, cream colour...
photophobia. II, 4, female (seen) aged 4 (1915), albino...
coloured eyes, cream coloured hair, fair...
brown spots on forehead. II, 1, female, albin...
at age of six. II, 3, male, aged six, apparent...
Father (I, 1), just a shade above the coolie cl[ass]...
In the jail, looks perfectly normal. Mother (I...
The father (I, 1) assured Mr Grant that none...
grandparents, or great grandparents or...
albinos, but his information may or may...
The family lives near Rangoon. (Mr J.G. Grant)
A babu in the jail told Mr Grant that...
that albinos are born during an eclip[se]...
they are supposed to be unlucky and...
beyond thirty, these things being written...
religious books.’
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Sent toKarl Pearson
17 May 1915
Description:
‘Dear Pearson,
I am sending a proof of Chinese eye plates with comments by separate package. Souter went over the proof with me. The fundus of each eye is really very good.
These are plates of two Hindu albinos sent by Grant, and engineer in Rangoon.
Yours sincerely,
C.H. Usher.’
[attached to above:]
‘Fig. Three Hindu albinos in a...
II, 2 male (seen) aged 9 (1915) with blue grey eyes, light...
brown spots on his shoulders, cream colour...
photophobia. II, 4, female (seen) aged 4 (1915), albino...
coloured eyes, cream coloured hair, fair...
brown spots on forehead. II, 1, female, albin...
at age of six. II, 3, male, aged six, apparent...
Father (I, 1), just a shade above the coolie cl[ass]...
In the jail, looks perfectly normal. Mother (I...
The father (I, 1) assured Mr Grant that none...
grandparents, or great grandparents or...
albinos, but his information may or may...
The family lives near Rangoon. (Mr J.G. Grant)
A babu in the jail told Mr Grant that...
that albinos are born during an eclip[se]...
they are supposed to be unlucky and...
beyond thirty, these things being written...
religious books.’
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