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Sterilized mental defectives look at eugenic sterilization

Pages 213-222 | Published online: 23 Aug 2010

References

  • Landman , J. H. 1932 . Human Sterilization , 98 New York : The MacMillan Company .
  • California, Department of Mental Hygiene . 1950 . Statistical Reports 239

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  • Supported in part by the National Institute of Mental Health Grant No. 3M‐9130: Population Movement of Mental Defectives and Related Physical, Behavorial, Social, and Cultural Factors, Pacific State Hospital, Pomona, California.
  • † University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, and Pacific State Hospital, Pomona, California.
  • ‡ University of California, Los Angeles, California, and Pacific State Hospital, Pomona, California. 1 Decision of May 2, 1927, in the case of Buck vs. Bell, quoted by J. H. Landman, 1932. Human Sterilization. The MacMillan Company, New York. p. 98. This seems to have been a favorite quote of the proponents of eugenic sterilization.

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