19th-century theory that civilization was declining due to biological change

Forms of misbehaviour, drunkeness, debauchery, and violence among Sikhs. Coloured transfer lithograph.

Mr. Lambkin drunk on champagne sitting in a carriage at Epsom with lots of other drunken bachelors. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

Monocyte with organelles - TEM

An absinthe addict eyeing three glasses on a table; advertisement for film "Absinthe". Colour lithograph, ca. 1913.

Mr. Lambkin suffering from excess food and wine, his friends try to make him feel better. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

Degeneration of myelin sheath in sclera

Mr. Lambkin at home ill from overindulgence being visited by a doctor friend. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

Collagen damage - TEM

Degenerating collagen fibrils in glaucoma

Arterial nodules, horse

Degeneration / by Max Nordau.

x, 421 pages, 9 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm

Race decadence : an examination of the causes of racial degeneracy in the United States / by William S. Sadler.

The human harvest / by David Starr Jordan.

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Degeneration

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Images referencing Degeneration

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Degeneration / by Max Nordau.

Race decadence : an examination of the causes of racial degeneracy in the United States / by William S. Sadler.

Monocyte with organelles - TEM

Collagen damage - TEM

The human harvest / by David Starr Jordan.

Degeneration

Images from the collections

Images referencing Degeneration

Works from the collections

Degeneration / by Max Nordau.

Race decadence : an examination of the causes of racial degeneracy in the United States / by William S. Sadler.

Monocyte with organelles - TEM

Collagen damage - TEM

The human harvest / by David Starr Jordan.

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