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Title: Mental defectives in Virginia:
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Virginia. Board of charities and corrections. (from old catalog)
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Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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of how feeble-mindedness and epilepsy appear in the samefraternity. (See page 36.) Summary. (1) The families presented in the foregoing, and others studied inconnection with them, show that epilepsy and feeble-mindedness come fromthe same general defect of the germ plasm in the parents. (2) There isnot sufficient evidence to enable us to make any definite conclusions as tothe proportion of epilepsy in a feeble-minded family or the amount of fee-ble-mindedness arising from an epileptic fraternity. (3) But, there is suf-ficient evidence of the fact that were we able to segregate and prevent theprocreation of the feeble-minded, this would be the means of eliminatinga large proportion of epilepsy, and exterminate as well as much other defec-tive germ plasm which is likewise destined to produce more defective germplasm, and consequently more paupers, criminals, prostitutes, and otherdegenerates who would burden the taxpayer of future generations. 38 State Board of Charities and Corrections
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Ud Chapter VI The Relation of Feeble-mindedness to Pauperism as shownby a Study of Present Methods of Charity. This paper reveals the following facts: That the people of Virginia spend at least two and one-half million dal-lars a year in attempting to aid the destitute. That much of this money is being used to perpetuate poverty. That our almshouses are virtually lying-in hospitals for feeble-mindedwomen. That certain feeole-minded families have lived and propagated theirkind in almshouses for six and seven generations. That many of our almshouses are populated by broken down criminalsand worn out prostitutes, who come to these institutions to recuperatethat they may be able to further indulge their passions. That fully 80% of all persons in oar almshouses are feeble-minded. That certain pauper families have been supported by churches and or-ganized charities for four and five generations. That if these defectives were placed in suitable institutions before be-ing wrecked physically,

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