Hereditary hypoplasia in man, due to degeneracy : the underlying basis of those cases having a hereditary origin, and the relation of this underlying cause to the functional neuroses, tuberculosis, infections and immunity / Charles P. Noble.

  • Noble, Charles P. (Charles Percy), 1863-1935.
Date:
1909
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Credit: Hereditary hypoplasia in man, due to degeneracy : the underlying basis of those cases having a hereditary origin, and the relation of this underlying cause to the functional neuroses, tuberculosis, infections and immunity / Charles P. Noble. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the degenerate. All the other stigmata of degeneracy are as significant, but they are less easily recognized. It has been only recently that the truth which lies behind all these isolated facts, so long known by many, came to me through the correlation of these isolated truths, whereby one obtained the premises, the proper point of view, from which to see the truths above noted, and on which to reason, and then the conclusion became inevitable that the real basic nature of all these ap- parently separate groups of morbid conditions lies in the defective ovum due to heredity and to the degener- acy. Now here lies the explanation of that ancient proverb, that the sins of the father are visited on the children to the third and fourth generation — not be- cause the Almighty is revengeful, but because this is Nature’s law and is, therefore, inevitable. 1509 Locust Street. Reprinted from The Journal of the American Medical Association, February 13, ISO:), Vol. HI, pp. 662-530 Copyright, 1009 American Medical Association, 103 Dearborn Ave., Chicago.