MEDICAL CONGRESS.
(Received September 23, 910 a.m.)
SYDNEY, September 23. The Medical Congress held an important discussion on the subject of the. feeble-minded. Dr iFishbourne 'advocated, the cireatdon of separate colonies, and dwelt on the necessity of legislative interference, in order to check the increase of feehile-mindednesis, which.' was the most hereditary of all diseases, to prevent existing conddtions, iand provide for the helpless and haJf-watted population. Dt Steviaas, of America, flavoured' the Spartan idea of putting to death , the feeble irinded early in life. We' had no use for anybody whose, moral aspect was doubtful. The question resolved itseOf into the survival of the fittest. The' mental balance of the nation must he maintained. The question of emasculation ishould also be seriously considered; it would materially reduce the number of inmates of prisons and asylums.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10432, 25 September 1911, Page 3
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136MEDICAL CONGRESS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10432, 25 September 1911, Page 3
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