The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-04-08
v HERE BIRTH
C'NTROL SHOULD
Be COMPULSORY
Says The Tuberculous and
Feeble Minded Should Be
Deprived of The Power to
Breed

pa>quotank. Camden. Curri-
tuck, PcrquimanS. Dare and
Gates counties showed unmiS-
taxable signs OF approval when
DR. John Saliba, addressing
the First District Medical
Society at Elizabeth City.
Tuesday. declared that the prl-
rilc%c OF bringing ottSpringS
into tie world should be taken
away from the tuhcrcuIouS
and the feeble minded.
II is all right To patch these folk
up. said the Elizabeth City surgeon
and We shonld spare no cXpcn>" i'll
the care and treatment of them. hut
our efforts are vain and inhuman
if we permit these people to breed
and perpctuatr their kind.
DIR. Saliha would have i simple
operation performed om every tuher-
cUluu< aud insane person that would
prevent them from having children.
Dr. Saliba said:
in u time OF war if Il man acts
upon I'M irrcSiStahle impulse Ia run
away in battle that man is shot. is
sacrificed. The military authori-
ties do that on grounds of dire @X-
petlicncy. The effect upon the
morale uf the rest of the fighting
forces of not shooting him would he
disastrous.
In time nf peace the maintenance
of social discipline i> considered Il
matter of lesser urgency than the
preservation IF military discipline
i'm Il time If war. If Il man commits
n murder under the compulSiOn of
what is by some So-c;tll"d experts
or specialists adjudscl to be an
''irrcSiStiblc Impulse. hc is spared
the death penalty.
These. two aspects are irrcy"cahiN
opposed. This opposition Il du" to
the fact that in war time We are
concerned with the interest "f the
community aud in times of peace
We are concerned with the interest
of the individual.
Society can afford tn spare Il mllr-
dCrer now and then: the army rhh-
lnr afford In spare its de>ertcrS.
When we compare the condition.
of the race today with lis p0>>ihl"
condition in the future do we. not
find our profession concerned with
the interests of the individuals at
the expense of the ultimate inter
c>tS of the race:
Your efforts. my efforts. AMI In"
efforts uf all members "f our pro
fcS>iun are chiefly crntcrrd upon.
and mainly guided hy, the Interests
"' INC HUN i'''"'S'
The phy>ician> ~ to-day ar" pIIy-
Siciam< of the Individuals. The
more successful their efforts are
among tL2 individuals who are Sut-
frring from diseases in which thcr"
i hcritahlr tendency In" more
automatically they lead 10 1aii''rc
by cau<in" racial deterioration.
y day : -,i.in@ ana l. near III
hand whrT p1v~', ms III thrlf ti-
forts To rr'G,i,'" AMMAN Suilrrlh"
shall @ivr i,:,ran,"r'r; attention /"
the cncpurI@Cm"n' ct worthy par
cuthnod lay rhs' Stt"rrr"n t.: Ia" sock
which shall - ai'"w'r: :" "rre@
and the dlSr"ll"iSrHi''&. a. W.
worthy parrnth""d 'f -" i'"'''
tiun of weak AMI diNca~": '"''>
propagate.
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of the race. physicians WHO VIII
preach the "">pei ol Nal' "l'-
man: pr"dltcc great PerH'h> TIC
rest Ioii"WS.
Because hrredilE plays hl@h'!
Important part Ill Inc Prou"''i'''
of all physical and mental types
we medical men ShDuId a"'"'''t
and support measures Tor the COM |
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