1914 EUGENICS Nature Secrets Revealed Nazi Philosophy Genetics Heredity Ethics

1914 EUGENICS Nature Secrets Revealed Nazi Philosophy Genetics Heredity Ethics 

Beginning in 1883 with Francis Galton’s definition, Eugenics has been a source of controversy for scientists and philosophers. While the concept of ‘improving human genetic quality’ has always been important, it developed more of a negative connotation with Nazi Germany and the Holocaust when many of the Nuremberg Trials defendants sought to justify their abusive tactics as eugenics.

During this time, books on eugenics saw a significant stopping of the presses. Books such as Shannon’s ‘Nature’s Secrets Revealed’ were halted, even though they were written to guide and advise the public to maintain a sense of social purity. (Aultman).

While this work was billed as a medical book, it includes sections on more than just the physical and anatomical side of humanity. Shannon covers a variety of topics including emotional love, courtship and dating, ethics of unmarried individuals, marital consummation, pregnancy, child-rearing, chastity, puberty, sexually transmitted diseases, and social interaction.

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SHANNON, Thomas W

Nature’s secrets revealed; scientific knowledge of the laws of sex life and heredity; or, eugenics … Together with important hints on social purity, heredity, physical manhood and womanhood by noted specialists, embracing a department on ethics of the unmarried

Marietta, Ohio : S.A. Mullikin, 1914 1^st edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [2], 584
  • 112 illustrations (8 plates in color)
• References: Aultman, Eugenomics
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; secure
  • Black cloth
• Size: ~8in X 5.5in (20cm x 14cm)

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