Feeble-mindedness

“Feeble-mindedness” could mean anything from poverty and illiteracy to epilepsy.

State of fear Crichton, Michael, 1942- 2004

Feeble-mindedness, in so many ways a social evil, is readily reproduced, and the weak-minded are easily controlled by the sex instinct.

Society Its Origin and Development Henry Kalloch Rowe

Feeble-mindedness, for example, seems to be a Mendelian character and recessive.

The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners William Henry Pyle

Feeble-mindedness may affect the moral nature only, rendering the person selfish, untruthful, obscene, or unemployable.

Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

Feeble-mindedness acts in heredity as does the white corn in the example given above.

The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners William Henry Pyle

Feeble-mindedness and insanity were also included in the census mentioned, and the total number of the three kinds of defectives was found to be 19 per thousand in one county and 11.4 per thousand in the other.

Applied Eugenics Paul Popenoe 1933

[80] _Feeble-mindedness, its Causes and Consequences.

Applied Eugenics Paul Popenoe 1933

Feeble-mindedness is a social level and the members of this level, like those in other levels, are affected by social and biological tendencies, such as the congregation of like personalities and the natural selection in matings of persons of similar mental capacities.

Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926

Feeble-mindedness as investigations and statistics from every country indicate, is invariably associated with an abnormally high rate of fertility.

The Pivot of Civilization Margaret Sanger 1924

Feeble-mindedness in one generation becomes pauperism or insanity in the next.

The Pivot of Civilization Margaret Sanger 1924