Sterilization for human betterment : a summary of results of 6,000 operations in California, 1909-1929 / by E.S. Gosney ... and Paul Popenoe.

  • E. S. Gosney
Date:
1929
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Credit: Sterilization for human betterment : a summary of results of 6,000 operations in California, 1909-1929 / by E.S. Gosney ... and Paul Popenoe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS PAGE Introduction v PART I. THE FACTS CHAPTER I. The Problem ......... 3 II. The History of Sterilization ... 13 III. Effect on Sexual Life 21 IV. What Does the Patient Think About It? 30 V. Effect on the Patient's Behavior . . 39 VI. Sterilization Will Not Prevent the Birth of Genius 48 VII. Voluntary Sterilization .... 52 VIII. The Sterilization of Criminals . . 67 IX. The Operation ....... 70 PART II. THE CONCLUSIONS X. Sterilization for Personal Reasons . 83 XI. Sterilization for Social Reasons . . 93 XII. Sterilization for Eugenic Reasons . 116 APPENDICES I. List of Technical Papers on Eugenic Sterilization in California . . . 139 [ xvii ]