Scientists warn against helping the weak and the sick
A mid-century debate cites Barr Metchnikoff Ward Pearson and Goddard arguing nature eliminates the unfit. They urge limits on welfare, immigration and aid to the weak as dangerous, claiming human progress depends on stern natural law and adaptation through hardship.
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Mien
James Barr
Bile Metchnikoff
Pacteur Institute of
Robert’ de C. Ward
Harvard
United States
Amer
Karl Pearson
Henry H. Goddard
Nature
East
Charity’s Harsh View: How Aid Affects Progress and Survival
The author argues charity harms human progress by aiding the unfit and burdening the fit. It discusses tuberculosis as a slow plague, rates of city versus country immunity, and the notion that sterilization or selective breeding could impact society. The piece links charity to societal decline and raises mobility of unfit across borders.
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Metchnikoff
Europe
America
Mothers Tongue Cures Baby By Transferring Antitoxins
An article reports that a mother can cure her sick baby by acquiring antitoxins from the infant and transferring them via milk and tiny injections. It cites Dr. Charles H. Duncan with a case where the mother inhaled and absorbed antibodies from the baby, then used filtered nasal mucus and skin injection to boost immunity. The piece notes Eskimos and other cultures once used similar tongue baths, and suggests cows could pass immunity through milk if infected, potentially stopping familial spread of illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pveryone
Charles H. Duncan
New York City
Duncan
Why So Many Office Women Never Marry
A historical reflection argues that office life reshapes women’s views on marriage. It portrays the boss as fallible, vain, and prone to flattery, while office girls learn men are not demigods. The piece suggests women’s education and office culture strain traditional romance and reveal honesty gaps.
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HILE
Totters
Living matter from dead chemicals sparked by Moore
The article recounts Professor Benjamin Moore’s experiments turning inorganic matter into organic substances capable of creating life. It credits Berlin’s University for advancing the idea that life could originate from chemical combinations under suitable conditions, and suggests ongoing possibilities for artificial life and evolution.
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Benjamin Moore
Professor Moore
University of Berlin
Moore
Ion
How the Gulf Stream Creates Deserts
A historical overview explains a surface Gulf Stream warming Europe and a parallel atmospheric Gulf Stream spreading warm moist air across the British Isles. It describes how the air cools over Russia and Africa, drying out as it travels to Turkestan, Sahara, and Arabia, contributing to desert formation.
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Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
British Isles
Europe
Gorepe
Russia
Sture
Gulf Stregni
Equator
Turkestan
Arabia
Sahara
Why More Men Suffer Sciatica Than Women
An analysis of hip structure explains why men show higher sciatica rates than women. The article describes the sciatic nerve as a trunk of nerves affected by pelvic arch shape and seating positions, linking discomfort to nerve strain and misattribution of foot pain to the brain.
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