Race Improvement Or Eugenics: A Little Book on a Great Subject

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Dodd, Mead, 1912 - 137 halaman
 

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Halaman 129 - Whereas, Heredity plays a most important part in the transmission of crime, idiocy, and imbecility; Therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, that on and after the passage of this act it shall be compulsory for each and every institution in the State entrusted with the care of confirmed criminals, idiots, rapists, and imbeciles, to appoint upon its staff, in addition to the regular institutional physician, two (2) skilled surgeons of recognized ability, whose duty...
Halaman 129 - ... to examine the mental and physical condition of such inmates as are recommended by the institutional physician and board of managers. If, In the judgment of this committee of experts and the board of managers, procreation is inadvisable, and there.
Halaman 132 - Whenever in the opinion of the medical superintendent of any State Hospital, or the superintendent of the California Home for the Care and Training of Feebleminded Children, or of the resident physician in any state prison, it would be beneficial and conducive to the benefit of the physical, mental, or moral condition of any inmate of said state hospital, home or state prison, to be asexualized, then such superintendent or resident physician shall call...
Halaman 131 - ... there is no probability that the condition of any such person so examined will improve to such an extent as to render procreation by any such person advisable, or if the physical or mental condition of any such person will be substantially improved thereby...
Halaman 132 - Except as authorized by this act, every person who shall perform, encourage, assist in, or otherwise promote the performance of either of the operations...
Halaman 128 - An Act to prevent procreation of confirmed criminals, idiots, imbeciles and rapists; providing that superintendents and boards of managers of institutions where such persons are confined shall have the authority and are empowered to appoint a committee of experts, consisting of two physicians to examine into the mental condition of such inmates.
Halaman 30 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Halaman 131 - ... board shall appoint one of its members to perform the operation of vasectomy or oophorectomy, as the case may be, upon such person. Such operation shall be performed in a safe and humane manner, and the board making such examination and the surgeon performing such operation shall receive from the state such compensation for services rendered as the warden of the state prison, or the superintendent of either of such hospitals shall deem reasonable.
Halaman 133 - ... physician shall call in consultation the general superintendent of state hospitals and the secretary of the state board of health...
Halaman 132 - Act, for the purpose of destroying the power to procreate the human species; or any person who shall knowingly permit either of such operations to be performed upon such person — unless the same be a medical necessity — shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned in the State prison not more than five years, or both.

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