Author: Alan R. Rushton
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Published: 2008-02
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9781422394243
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInvestigates the relationship between develop. in the science of genetics & the clinical practice of med. in the U.S. Shows how physicians first doubted, then slowly accepted, the relevance of Mendel¿s work for human heredity. The modern synthesis of cytology & genetics by 1910 was widely discussed in the medical community, & by 1915 physicians began to recognize that the transmission of various human disorders such as hemophilia fit the Mendelian model. Yet by the 1920s, progress had reached a standstill, due to greater interest in such bacteriological diseases as TB & to the fact that many physicians permitted their ethical objections to eugenics theories, embraced by genetics researchers, to color their judgment of the research itself. Illus.
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Download or read book Genetics and Medicine in the United States 1800-1922 written by Alan R. Rushton and published by . This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigates the relationship between develop. in the science of genetics & the clinical practice of med. in the U.S. Shows how physicians first doubted, then slowly accepted, the relevance of Mendel¿s work for human heredity. The modern synthesis of cytology & genetics by 1910 was widely discussed in the medical community, & by 1915 physicians began to recognize that the transmission of various human disorders such as hemophilia fit the Mendelian model. Yet by the 1920s, progress had reached a standstill, due to greater interest in such bacteriological diseases as TB & to the fact that many physicians permitted their ethical objections to eugenics theories, embraced by genetics researchers, to color their judgment of the research itself. Illus.