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LIFE, BREATH. AND HEALTH.BOMR MEDICAL VIEWS.Various apcakcra al the congress of the Royal Sanitary Institute, al Y«»rs. yesterday. Joined in condemning the met hodb of inrpati^don In regard to eugenics pursued by Prwfessor Karl Penrsoa. whn on Tuesday evening delivered the congress lecture on Eugenic- and Public Health (said the Dally Telegraph of August 11.Dr Mary Soharllef aallt;l Intelligent people who had listened to the locturt-had gons away saying, What Is the good of worrying about good dwellings for the poor, when from mathematical oulculatleri It appears that the baok-to-bark house* are not bad? What Is the UOe o^worrylng about hygiene whlt;* people appear to be Just as healthy nft» forty yoara of Hlcohollam as befote? Professor Knrl Poarson, being one of our greatest mathematicians, was no doubt right In I vis figures, but those figures could have boen turned round to mean Just the opposite. Mathematics must take thHr place as auxiliary to common-sense and true charity.Dr Edmund Smith (York) declared that It was entirely misleading to rely upon mathematical calculation? and leave out all clinical observation. It would not, ho hoped, go forth from lhat congress that back-to-back houses un i factory employment of mothers were things which need not be taken into account tHear, (tear)Dr. Salveby asserted that Professor Vnrl I “ears i. n was probably the m'St dangerous man in England outside Parliament. (Laughter.)Dr. Albert Vleettl contributed a paplt;-r entitled Tea- h the Children of England to Urea the. in which he udvo-mtcd the Inclusion in school currlciilu of h system of breathing exercises, followed by some specially-selected simple s mgs He said: of the greate.nl pr.v«*ntn-Hres of disease is proper breathing, and it is u deplorable fact lhat very fc\v people know how 10 breathe properly. The uhsulute control *f breath Is an art almost solely practised by singers mid sirt-akors. The lung? arlt;* but seldom wholly used on uccounl of defective breathing. and :ls everyone Is aware, organs which fall Into disuse become incapable of action nnd nre subject to ■Jcruy. The adoption of nonw simple effective method of teaching breathing and singing, with due care that no fording be permitted, would, 1 have no hesitation In saying, produce grand result? on the health of the children. The practice of certain exercises in the open air dully would bo of enormous value-Hreathing must Ik: again regarded seriously.In an address on genetics as the future foundation of eugenics. Dr. Salecby said that tlie existing genetic evidence lent no color to the views of those who with convenient ambiguity he called the netler-dead school of eugenlsl* -ilnughter)—who approved of infant mortality and tuberculosis nnd alcoholism a* weeding out the worthless. At the present time not a single person in this country or anywhere else could i»Oln( to a single Instance of normal children being horn to feebleminded parent. That woo the reply they inu*l make to the opponents of the Mental Deficiency HillProfessor K. P. William* (Sheffield) spoke of the proposal of a l.-thul chamber Tor physically and mentally deficient persons. 11 appeared to be contemplated, he said, that doctor* would sit on the comtplttee. which would Iibvo to decide whether plt; ople should be condemned lo the lethal churnIk.t That was a groat mistake. It was the mission of doctors to savo life. They would have to And lawyers to alt on such a committee as that(ljvughter.jDr. Salceby. at the conclusion of the dlscuaslon. said ougenlsts different la led between the tight to live und tile right to become parents. Eugenis!- conceded the right to live in ull rase*. but all thlr* lethal chamber business was I he worst kind of rubbish. And the tiling was ougenlsts had moat to fcor.Mil IJO.N'KL I»K ROTHSCHILD.
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Bourke Western Herald
Bourke, New South Wales, AU
Sat, Nov 02, 1912
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