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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... surgery could correct the intestinal de- fects and thus save the infant's life , but that gross physical and mental abnormalities would remain , and he urged the parents 3 1. The Birth of a Controversy The Public Death of Baby Bollinger.
... surgery could correct the intestinal de- fects and thus save the infant's life , but that gross physical and mental abnormalities would remain , and he urged the parents 3 1. The Birth of a Controversy The Public Death of Baby Bollinger.
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... 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 the infant died on ...
... 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 the infant died on ...
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... surgery was too risky and denied that he was influenced by the father's appeal to Haiselden . Haiselden did travel to New York , but Holt refused to consult with him or let him see the baby . The girl died without treatment.3 Newspapers ...
... surgery was too risky and denied that he was influenced by the father's appeal to Haiselden . Haiselden did travel to New York , but Holt refused to consult with him or let him see the baby . The girl died without treatment.3 Newspapers ...
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... surgery to save its life , but Dr. Dickey refuses to perform the operation . Anne is torn by uncertainty until God reveals a lengthy vision of the child's future , filled with pain , madness , and crime . Her doubts resolved , she ac ...
... surgery to save its life , but Dr. Dickey refuses to perform the operation . Anne is torn by uncertainty until God reveals a lengthy vision of the child's future , filled with pain , madness , and crime . Her doubts resolved , she ac ...
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... surgical method of sterilizing those judged unfit to reproduce , a technique first developed in 1899 by Albert ... surgery , a field in which his mentor Fenger had been an early specialist.30 A tall attractive man , Haiselden never ...
... surgical method of sterilizing those judged unfit to reproduce , a technique first developed in 1899 by Albert ... surgery , a field in which his mentor Fenger had been an early specialist.30 A tall attractive man , Haiselden never ...
Inhoudsopgave
PUBLICITY | 115 |
Individuals Involved in the Controversy | 177 |
Notes | 189 |
Bibliography | 251 |
Index | 281 |
Index of Film Titles | 293 |
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