What Conditions are Necessary for the Establishment by Selection of a Deaf Variety of the Human Race

c1886. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. Format is 5.75 inches by 9 inches. 8 pages. RARE, (Circa 1886). Worn. William Keith Brooks (1848 – 1908) was an American zoologist, born in Cleveland, Ohio. Brooks studied embryological development in invertebrates and founded a marine biological laboratory where he and others studied heredity. His best known book, The Oyster, was first published in 1891 and has been reprinted many times. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Philosophical Society, Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia, the Boston Society of Natural History, the Maryland Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Society of Zoologists, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Royal Microscopical Society. He wrote The Law of Heredity in 1883 and this pamphlet may be associated with that work as well as being related to Alexander Graham Bell's work (referenced in this work) for the National Academy of Sciences on a deaf variety of the human race. Publication appears to be circa 1886 as reference is made in the text to an article in Nature from 1885. In some respects, Alexander Graham Bell changed the way we look at education for the deaf for the better. Oral methods, the desegregation of education, and facilitating communication between deaf and hearing persons are a positive outcome. Some historians point to this as his legacy just as much as his inventions. Sir Francis Galton, FRS (16 February 1822 – 17 January 1911) was an English Victorian era statistician, progressive, polymath, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, and psychometrician. He is well-known for his foundational work in eugenics. Condition: Good.

Keywords: Human Race, Deaf, Heredity, Selection, Congenital, Francis Galton, Alexander Graham Bell, Fritz Muller, Genealogy, Breeding, Propagation, Inherited Peculiarity, Eugenics

[Book #77006]

Price: $275.00

See all items by