Arizona republican., 1899-10-30

( of air which is permitted by the partly
porous shell. The arrest has been
caused by the lack of Il condition nee
essary for nutrition.
| Prenatal influences that come in
| from the lack of nutrition and tend TO
arrests of Development concern the
/ father as we'll as the mother. Crimi-
mails. for example, who are committed
! for crimes involving no great degree Of
( courage or energy are descended large
! ~ from senile parents, While criminals
OF ar opposite type have younger faith
ers and mothers Drunkenness and
! other poisonous influences in the body
OF the father have disastrous nutri-
tive effects upon the germ plasm. In
the mother, however. a continuous con-
dftion OF vicious nutrition. as is occa-
stoned by overlooking or starvation or
by morphine. choral. brOmides or tea,
coffee or alcohol or by disease, VIII
have greater effects on the germ plasm
because the ovEle may take years for
.l4s. t;ia'ation. while the male element
grows more "a pIaly and on the embryo
because during cessation the mother
provides the whole Of the nutritive ma
terial. If nutrition is normal there is
no evidence to show preponderarce of
the mothers influence, but degenera-
ton due to imperfect nutrition is evil
IDENTIFY more dependent upon her The
law of Rfcharz. that the chances of
tran srlission of insanity are greater
if the mother is mentally affected than
if the father is insane. is probably to
be accounted for by her greater .nutri-
tive value.
It is perfectly true that psychic dis
turbances if sufficiently severe and con-
tinued for a sufficient length OF time
are associated with and may occasion
a defective nutritive condition of the
blood and thus cause an arrest of de-
velopment. The progress of the race is
dependent upon the increase of and the
perfection of the embryonic processes
To add to nature in natures way WE
must increase the protecting influences.
Not only the embryo, but for its sake
the mother also. must be removed from
strain. This does not mean inertia, but
a hygienic life, which will produce well
aerated, pure and healthy blood ca
pable of supplying the best nutrient
material for the independent organic
ing forces of the child. The supersti
ton in favor of Photographic maternal
impressions, apart from natural mater
nal conceit has probably ALSO had
some biological significance in empha-
sizing the protection of the mother.
not so much through her imagination.
but through that OF her husband and |
the rest OF society. When the vast
range of heredity was undreamed of !
it was natural to overestimate the pc
Rod Of CESSATION. At present. however. |
ve see that the continuous fears of /
psychic impressions. by lowering nu- |
t.itive vigor. are likely to be more in /
furious than any irregular impressions /
themselves can possibly be. Mothers I
should be protected from this fear of /
fears.
The facts Of science imply as follows: /
The impressions which mother re
ceives have no direct bearing on the |
child. The function of the mother dur (
ing CESSATION is simply the passive pro T
duction of nourishment- 1t is before I
rather than after and not /
directly but by a process Of sexual Sc
lection pertaining to ali the powers in /
volved in falling in love or other means .
of mating. that the real psychic infiu- (
ences that viii affect the next gener-
alton are determined The coosutu-
ton both physical and psychic. the inn
lgination the intellect, the emotions
and appreciated in this golden
aura of life are the most decisive pre-
natal influences within the life of the
Individual The full disc uss;on of this.
however. must be reserved Tor another
lesson.