The Black Stork: Eugenics and the Death of "Defective" Babies in American Medicine and Motion Pictures since 1915Oxford University Press, 18 apr 1996 - 328 pagina's In the late 1910s Dr. Harry J. Haiselden, a prominent Chicago surgeon, electrified the nation by allowing the deaths of at least six infants he diagnosed as "defectives". He displayed the dying infants to journalists, wrote about them for the Hearst newspapers, and starred in a feature film about his crusade. Prominent Americans from Clarence Darrow to Helen Keller rallied to his support. Martin Pernick tells this captivating story--uncovering forgotten sources and long-lost motion pictures--in order to show how efforts to improve human heredity (eugenics) became linked with mercy killing, as well as with race, class, gender and ethnicity. It documents the impact of cultural values on science along with the way scientific claims of objectivity shape modern culture. While focused on early 20th century America, The Black Stork traces these issues from antiquity to the rise of Nazism, and to the "Baby Doe", "assisted suicide" and human genome initiative debates of today. |
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Pagina xiii
... Doctor and the Parents , 8 Haiselden and History , 12 A Word about Words , 17 2. Contexts to the Conflict , 19 Before Baby Bollinger : Infanticide , Eugenics , and Euthanasia , 19 U.S.A. , 1915 , 25 Taking Sides : Some Rough Images of ...
... Doctor and the Parents , 8 Haiselden and History , 12 A Word about Words , 17 2. Contexts to the Conflict , 19 Before Baby Bollinger : Infanticide , Eugenics , and Euthanasia , 19 U.S.A. , 1915 , 25 Taking Sides : Some Rough Images of ...
Pagina xiv
... Doctors , Families , and the State , 101 Support for Medical Power , 102 Opponents of Medical Decision Making , 105 Eugenics and Gender Politics within Families and in Society , 109 Specialization and the Limits of Objectivity , 111 II ...
... Doctors , Families , and the State , 101 Support for Medical Power , 102 Opponents of Medical Decision Making , 105 Eugenics and Gender Politics within Families and in Society , 109 Specialization and the Limits of Objectivity , 111 II ...
Pagina xv
... Doctor Death , and the Human Genome Project : Comparing Haiselden's America with the Present , 167 Appendix : Individuals Involved in the Controversy , 177 Notes , 189 Bibliography , 251 Index , 281 This s page intentionally left blank ...
... Doctor Death , and the Human Genome Project : Comparing Haiselden's America with the Present , 167 Appendix : Individuals Involved in the Controversy , 177 Notes , 189 Bibliography , 251 Index , 281 This s page intentionally left blank ...
Pagina 4
... doctor believed that surgery to drain fluid from the head could save the child's life , but Mr. Werder refused permission . Haiselden , contacted by telegraph during a lec- ture tour in New York , authorized withholding treatment , and ...
... doctor believed that surgery to drain fluid from the head could save the child's life , but Mr. Werder refused permission . Haiselden , contacted by telegraph during a lec- ture tour in New York , authorized withholding treatment , and ...
Pagina 6
... doctors revealed that they , too , let disabled infants die . Dr. Simon Baruch , a popular promoter of municipal public baths , professor at New York's College of Physicians and Surgeons , and father of financier Bernard Baruch ...
... doctors revealed that they , too , let disabled infants die . Dr. Simon Baruch , a popular promoter of municipal public baths , professor at New York's College of Physicians and Surgeons , and father of financier Bernard Baruch ...
Inhoudsopgave
PUBLICITY | 115 |
Individuals Involved in the Controversy | 177 |
Notes | 189 |
Bibliography | 251 |
Index | 281 |
Index of Film Titles | 293 |
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The Black Stork: Eugenics and the Death of "Defective" Babies in American ... Martin S. Pernick Gedeeltelijke weergave - 1996 |
The Black Stork: Eugenics and the Death of "defective" Babies in American ... Martin S. Pernick Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 1999 |
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