Papers of Carlos Paton Blacker, 1920-1974, reflecting his long and active career in psychiatry (including as including as psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital and as an Adviser to the Ministry of Health), and his activities as Secretary to the Eugenics Society and with a number of organisations interested in population and birth control, including the Birth Control Investigation Committee, the International Planned Parenthood Federation, and the Simon Population Trust. There is also some material relating to his return to military duty in the Second World War as a Regimental Medical Officer. The collection also includes correspondence (both personal and professional), which sheds light on his interests in ornithology and nature conservation, and other writings both published and unpublished.
Blacker , Carlos Paton , 1895-1975 , psychiatristElements area
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- Improvement of hereditary characteristics of a population or of a family by controlled or selective breeding.
- Ensemble des méthodes qui visent à améliorer le patrimoine génétique d'une population ou d'une famille par la reprodution contrôlée ou sélective.
- Conjunto de métodos tendientes al mejoramiento del patrimonio genético de una población o una familia por reproducción controlada o selectiva.
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Eugenics
Eugenics
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Eugenics
- UF Eugénique
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Eugenics
- RT Genealogy
- RT Human genetics