Sterilization for human betterment : a summary of results of 6,000 operations in California, 1909-1929 / by E.S. Gosney ... and Paul Popenoe.

  • Gosney, E. S. (Ezra Seymour), 1855-1942.
Date:
1929
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Credit: Sterilization for human betterment : a summary of results of 6,000 operations in California, 1909-1929 / by E.S. Gosney ... and Paul Popenoe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INTRODUCTION turned over to the Human Betterment Founda¬ tion, which was organized for the purpose of com¬ pleting and perpetuating this and other con¬ structive work, not repair work, along the lines indicated by the name. (See Appendix IX.) SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS Of the 6,255 sterilizations in California state hospitals there were 601 more males than fe¬ males. In the feeble-minded sterilizations, 1,488 in all, there were 330 more females than males. All feeble-minded patients are now sterilized before they are allowed to leave the state home at Sonoma. One in twelve of all the insane admitted to the state hospitals since the law was passed has been sterilized. One in five or six of the new admissions is now sterilized. Sterilization is done only where there is appar¬ ent danger of defective children. FAILURES Of the entire sterilizations in the state, there are three known failures in the male (vasec¬ tomies). There are four known failures in the female (salpingectomies). This is a much higher percentage of efficiency than that recorded in other [ xiii ]