Eugenics involves using principles of genetics to "improve" humankind. Though presently out of favor, the idea that this was a good thing was fairly universally accepted throughout the early part of this century.
References
Richards M. Timeline: A nineteenth-century experiment in human selective breeding. Nat Rev Genet. 2004 Jun;5(6):475-9. PMID: #15154000#
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medical collections
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surgical specimen collections (gross specimen collection)
fetus collections
anatomical wax collections
pathological wax collections
Exemples of collections
Fetus collection (Website) at the American University of Beirut Medical Center
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medical journals
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References
Vandenbroucke JP. 175th anniversary lecture. Medical journals and the shaping of medical knowledge. Lancet. 1998 Dec 19-26;352(9145):2001-6. PMID: #9872263# -
history of medicine
27 April 2004Websites
Who named it ? at Oslo, Norway
Hippocrates on the Web at University of Manitoba
Pandora Word Box by W. Wertelecki, M.D.
History of Biomedicine at the Karolinska
History of Medicine Division at National Library of Medicine
History of the Health Sciences Web Links at Medical Library Association
MedHist: The Guide to History of Medicine Resources on the Internet by the Wellcome Library
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history of genetics
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History - Epistemology > Journals
21 October 2003The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy
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