Russian Jews being examined by a doctor before emigration from Liverpool to the United States. Wood engraving after C.J. Staniland, 1891.

Defectives in the land : disability and immigration in the age of eugenics / Douglas C. Baynton.

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Immigrants - Medical examinations - United States

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Russian Jews being examined by a doctor before emigration from Liverpool to the United States. Wood engraving after C.J. Staniland, 1891.

Defectives in the land : disability and immigration in the age of eugenics / Douglas C. Baynton.