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Abstracts of Papers Read at the First International Eugenics Congress: University of London, July, 1912 — John Shaqi

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Abstracts of Papers Read at the First International Eugenics Congress: University of London, July, 1912

Name: Abstracts of Papers Read at the First International Eugenics Congress: University of London, July, 1912
Author: International Eugenics Congress (1st : 1912 : London)

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ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS READ AT THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL EUGENICS CONGRESS,

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University of London.
July, 1912.

English.

Charles Knight & Co., Ltd., 227-239, Tooley Street, London, S.E.

CONTENTS.

  Section I.

  Biology and Eugenics.

                                                                      PAGE

    I.    Variation and Heredity in Man                                  5
              G. SERGI.

    II.   On the Increase of Stature in Certain European Populations     6
              SOREN HANSEN.

    III.  The So-called Laws of Inheritance in Man                       7
              V. GUIFFRIDA-RUGGERI.

    IV.   The Inheritance of Fecundity                                   8
              RAYMOND PEARL.

    V.    Ethnic Psychology and the Science of Eugenics                  9
              ENRICO MORSELLI.

    VI.   The Inheritance of Epilepsy                                   10
              DAVID F. WEEKS.

    VII.  The Influence of the Age of Parents on the Psycho-Physical
            Characters of the Offspring                                 12
              ANTONIO MARRO.

    VIII. Genetics and Eugenics                                         15
              R. C. PUNNETT.

  Section II.

  Practical Eugenics.

    I.    General Considerations upon "Education before Procreation"    17
              A. PINARD.

    II.   Practical Organization of Eugenic Action                      18
              LOUIS QUERTON.

    III.  Marriage Laws and Customs                                     19
              C. B. DAVENPORT.

    IV.   Eugenic Selection and the Origin of Defects                   20
              FRÉDÉRIC HOUSSAY.

    V.    Preliminary Report of the Committee of Eugenics Section of
            the American Breeders' Association upon the Best Practical
            Means for Cutting off the Defective Germ Plasm              21
              B. VAN WAGENEN.

  Section IIa.

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