Genetics in the Madhouse: The Unknown History of Human Heredity
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Genetics in the Madhouse: The Unknown History of Human Heredity
By (Author) Theodore M. Porter
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
22nd September 2020
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
History of science
Medical genetics
Hereditary diseases and disorders
History of medicine
Psychology
363.92
Physical Properties
Paperback
464
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
Description
The untold story of how hereditary data in mental hospitals gave rise to the science of human heredity In the early 1800s, a century before there was any concept of the gene, physicians in insane asylums began to record causes of madness in their admission books. Almost from the beginning, they pointed to heredity as the most important of these
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"Winner of the Pfizer Award, History of Science Society"
"Winner of the Cheiron Book Prize, Cheiron: The International Society for the History of Behavioral & Social Sciences"
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Author Bio
Theodore M. Porter is Distinguished Professor of History and holds the Peter Reill Chair at the University of California, Los Angeles. His books include Karl Pearson: The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age (Princeton).
