[ONEIDA] Noyes, T[heodore] R., M. D.

Report of the Health of Children in the Oneida Community

Oneida, NY: [Oneida Community], 1878. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Blue coated paper wraps, printed on front and rear; 8pp; ad for The American Socialist to lower cover. Pages uniformly toned, spine lightly rubbed, else Near Fine. Statistical analysis of the sickness and mortality rates among the 50 living children born in the Oneida Community from 1869, as an argument in favor of the Community's stirpiculture practice (a method of planning births, and an early form of eugenics). DARE 1495. Not in WELLS.

Full disclosure: Lorne Bair Rare Books is in possession of a substantial remainder of this title.

Price: $75.00

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