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In the 1910s, Dr Haiselden allowed the deaths of six infants he diagnozed as "defectives". His story highlights many other controversies. The book shows how efforts to improve human heredity became linked with euthanasia and shows how mass culture changed the meaning of concepts like "heredity".

Newborn infants --- Eugenics in motion pictures --- Abnormalities, Human --- Euthanasia --- Eugenics --- Infanticide --- Congenital Abnormalities --- Ethics, Medical --- History, 20th Century. --- Motion Pictures --- Treatment --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Diseases --- History --- therapy. --- mortality. --- history. --- Black stork (Motion picture) --- United States. --- Eugenics in motion pictures. --- Infants (Newborn) --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Haiselden, Harry J.