Fewer and better babies : birth control, or, The limitation of offspring by prevenception / by William J. Robinson.

  • Robinson, William J. (William Josephus), 1867-1936.
Date:
1927, [©1916]
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Credit: Fewer and better babies : birth control, or, The limitation of offspring by prevenception / by William J. Robinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INTRODUCTION The author of this new book was good enough to remind me of a few passages contained in my Presidential address de¬ livered before the American Medical As¬ sociation at its meeting in Atlantic City, in 1912. I asked the question whether there was no way to prevent those who were born into this world from becoming incompetent both physically and mentally. That seemed almost impossible as long as the riches provided by nature and indus¬ try were accessible to a part of the nation only. That was why it became an irre¬ sistible suggestion that only a certain number of infants should be born. In¬ deed as long as even the well to do limit the number of their offspring, the advice