A set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population

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Darwinism, medical progress and eugenics : the Cavendish lecture, 1912 an address to the medical profession / by Karl Pearson.

Save lives : first aid : keep me handy / Dr. Martin Sagrera.

The life, letters and labours of Francis Galton / by Karl Pearson.

People should be open and candid with their doctors about hereditary illnesses, so that the German state can act to eliminate them. Colour lithograph, 1933/1945.

Die Hygiene der menschlichen Fortpflanzung : Versuch einer praktischen Eugenik / von Alfred Grotjahn.

"Euthanasie" und die aktuelle Sterbehilfe-Debatte : die historischen Hintergründe medizinischer Ethik / Andreas Frewer, Clemens Eickhoff (Hg.).

Konrad Zacharias Lorenz, 7 November 1903-27 February 1989 : elected For. Mem. R.S. 1964 / by J.R. Krebs and S. Sjölander.

Las trampas del poder : sanidad, eugenesia y migración : Cuba y Estados Unidos (1900-1940) / Armando García González y Raquel Álvarez Peláez.

Birth control / eugenics bibliography : secondary works.

Eugenics, population trends and the world's resources / by G.C.L. Bertram.

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Eugenics

Images from the collections

Images referencing Eugenics

Works from the collections

"Euthanasie" und die aktuelle Sterbehilfe-Debatte : die historischen Hintergründe medizinischer Ethik / Andreas Frewer, Clemens Eickhoff (Hg.).

Konrad Zacharias Lorenz, 7 November 1903-27 February 1989 : elected For. Mem. R.S. 1964 / by J.R. Krebs and S. Sjölander.

Las trampas del poder : sanidad, eugenesia y migración : Cuba y Estados Unidos (1900-1940) / Armando García González y Raquel Álvarez Peláez.

Birth control / eugenics bibliography : secondary works.

Eugenics, population trends and the world's resources / by G.C.L. Bertram.

Eugenics

Images from the collections

Images referencing Eugenics

Works from the collections

"Euthanasie" und die aktuelle Sterbehilfe-Debatte : die historischen Hintergründe medizinischer Ethik / Andreas Frewer, Clemens Eickhoff (Hg.).

Konrad Zacharias Lorenz, 7 November 1903-27 February 1989 : elected For. Mem. R.S. 1964 / by J.R. Krebs and S. Sjölander.

Las trampas del poder : sanidad, eugenesia y migración : Cuba y Estados Unidos (1900-1940) / Armando García González y Raquel Álvarez Peláez.

Birth control / eugenics bibliography : secondary works.

Eugenics, population trends and the world's resources / by G.C.L. Bertram.

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