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Professor Joe Cain

UCL Professor of History and Philosophy of Biology

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Legacies of Eugenics project

Legacies of Eugenics project
Studies in National Deterioration

Karn and Pearson (1922) Study of the Data Provided by a Baby-Clinic in a Large Manufacturing Town

Karn, Mary Noel, and Karl Pearson. 1922. Study of the Data Provided by a Baby-Clinic in a Large Manufacturing Town (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). 128 pp. Studies in National Deterioration number 10 Item not yet available.
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Studies in National Deterioration

Wiliams et al. (1914) A Statistical Study of Oral Temperatures in School Children with Special Reference to Parental, Environmental, and Class Differences

Williams, Mary H. [sic: Frances], Julia Bell, and Karl Pearson. 1914. A Statistical Study of Oral Temperatures in School Children with Special Reference to Parental, Environmental, and Class Differences (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). 124 pp. […]
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Studies in National Deterioration

Elderton and Perry (1913) A Fourth Study of the Statistics of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: The Mortality of the Tuberculous

Elderton, W. Palin, and Sidney J. Perry. 1913. A Fourth Study of the Statistics of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: The Mortality of the Tuberculous: Sanatorium and Tuberculin Treatment. Based on (i.) Dr. Lawrason Brown’s Adirondack Sanitarium data. […]
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Studies in National Deterioration

Snow (1911) The Intensity of Natural Selection in Man

Snow, Ernest C. 1911. The Intensity of Natural Selection in Man (London: Dulau and Co.). 43 pp. Includes Prefatory Note by Karl Pearson, p. 2. This publication was submitted by Snow to University of London […]
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Studies in National Deterioration

Elderton and Perry (1910) A Third Study of the Statistics of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. The Mortality of the Tuberculous and Sanatorium Treatment

Elderton, William Palin, and Sidney J. Perry. 1910. A Third Study of the Statistics of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. The Mortality of the Tuberculous and Sanatorium Treatment (London: Dulau and Co.). 36 pp. Includes Prefatory Note by […]
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Studies in National Deterioration

Goring (1909) On the Inheritance of the Diatheses of Phthisis and Insanity

Goring, Charles. 1909. On the Inheritance of the Diatheses of Phthisis and Insanity. A Statistical Study Based Upon the Family History of 1500 Criminals (London: Dulau and Co.). 28 pp. Studies in National Deterioration number […]
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Questions of the Day and of the Fray (QDF)

Pearson (1914) Mendelism and the Problem of Mental Defect. III. On the Graduated Character of Mental Defect etc.

Questions of the Day and of the Fray number 9: Pearson, Karl. 1914. Mendelism and the Problem of Mental Defect. III. On the Graduated Character of Mental Defect and on the need for Standardizing Judgments […]
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Eugenics Laboratory Memoirs

Elderton (1928) On the Relative Value of the Factors Which Influence Infant Welfare

Eugenics Laboratory Memoirs 25: Elderton, Ethel Mary. 1928. On the Relative Value of the Factors Which Influence Infant Welfare (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). 307 pp. Subtitled: “An Inquiry by Ethel M. Elderton (Assistant Professor, Galton […]
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Eugenics Laboratory Memoirs

Elderton et al. (1913) On the Correlation of Fertility with Social Value. A Co-Operative Study

Eugenics Laboratory Memoirs 18: Elderton, Ethel Mary, Amy Barrington, H. Gertrude Jones, Edith M. M. de G. Lamotte, H. J. Laski, and Karl Pearson. 1913. On the Correlation of Fertility with Social Value. A Co-Operative […]
Conversation about Rare Books and Archives on Eugenics at UCL
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Researching Eugenics at UCL: Advice from Archive Experts

What archive materials related to Eugenics does UCL hold? Where can these be found? What is open for inspection? Which parts of UCL collections are digitised? How does UCL’s ‘Galton Papers’ differ from the digitised […]

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