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These nine little tots are all sound, healthy stock. The generationsbehind them had unconsciously been practicing Eugenics through theprocess of natural selection. By luck, as it were, no strain wasbred into the several families that would have caused these childrento be unsound mentally, morally, or physically.
It is through Eugenics that we shall have more babies like these,and shall eliminate the possibility of children like those shown inthe other illustrations to this volume.
The Eugenic Marriage
A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies
By W. GRANT HAGUE, M.D.
College of Physicians and Surgeons (ColumbiaUniversity), New York; Member of County MedicalSociety, and of the American Medical Association
"Catching Cold"—Sitting on the Floor—Kicking the BedClothes Off—Inadequate Head Covering—SubjectingBaby to Different Temperatures Suddenly—WearingRubbers—Direct Infection—Acute Nasal Catarrh—AcuteCoryza—Acute Rhinitis—"Cold in the Head"—"Snuffles"—Treatment of Acute Nasal Catarrh, orRhinitis, or Coryza, or "Cold in the Head," or "Snuffles"—ChronicNasal Catarrh—Chronic Rhinitis—ChronicDischarge from the Nose—Nervous or Persistent Cough—Adenoidsas a Cause of Persistent Cough—Croup—AcuteCatarrhal Laryngitis—Spasmodic Croup—FalseCroup—Tonsilitis—Angina—Sore Throat—Symptoms ofTonsilitis—Treatment of Tonsilitis—Bronchitis inInfants—Bronchitis in Older Children—"Don'ts" inBronchitis—Diet in Bronchitis—Inhalations in Bronchitis—External Applications in Bronchitis—Drugs in Bronchitis—Chronicor Recurrent Bronchitis—Pneumonia—AcuteBroncho-pneumonia—Symptoms of Broncho-pneumonia—Howto Tell When a Child has Broncho-pneumonia—Treatmentof Broncho-pneumonia—The After-treatment of Broncho-pneumonia—Adenoids—How to Tell When a Child has Adenoids—Treatment ofAdenoids—Nasal Hemorrhage—"Nose-bleeds"—Treatmentof Nose-bleeds—Quinsy—Hiccough—Sore Mouth—Stomatitis—Treatment of Ulcers of the Mouth—Sprue—Thrush...