What is eugenics? / by Leonard Darwin.

  • Leonard Darwin
Date:
1928
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Credit: What is eugenics? / by Leonard Darwin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    viìì CONTENTS ШАР, PAGK 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—Sterilization—Marriage—Mental Deficiency Acts. XI. The Habitual Criminal .... 60 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 unemployed. XIIT. 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.
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