What is eugenics? / by Leonard Darwin.

  • Leonard Darwin
Date:
1932
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Credit: What is eugenics? / by Leonard Darwin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    viii CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE IX. Sterilization 39 Nature of operation—Not as punishment—Not com¬ pulsory— Promiscuous intercourse — Rapidity of results—Californian experiences. X. Feeble-mindedness .... 44 Numbers — Causes — Heredity — Segregation— Guar¬ dianship—S terilization—Marriage—Mental Deficiency Acts. XI. The Habitual Criminal .... 50 Causes—Removal of children—Feeble-minded crimin¬ als — Reformatories — Training — Imprisonment — Segregation—Sterilization. XII. Who Pays the Bill ? . . . .56 The Unfit—Taxation—Private charity—The inferior —Social contagion—Output of goods—The employ¬ able—The tinemployed. XIII. The Deterioration of Our Breed . 62 Differential birth rate — Multiplication of poorer classes—Effects produced—Conditions new—Decay of ancient civilisations. XIV. Eugenics in the Future ... 68 Elimination of the inferior—Public assistance—Right to parenthood—Warnings as to size of family. XV. Bigger Families in Good Stocks . . 74 Small families—Character and wages—Morals and patriotism—Luxury—Ambition—Children's welfare— Highly educated women. XVI. Financial Aids to Parenthood . . 79 Larger families, their causes and how to promote them—Family allowances—Income tax—Salaries- Scholarships. XVII. Selection in Marriage .... 84 Benefits and disadvantages—Opportunities for meet¬ ing—Marriage with good stock—Cousin marriages— Medical certificates.