# Degeneracy: Its Causes, Signs and Results

Author: Talbot, Eugene S. (Eugene Solomon), 1847-1924

Genre: Category: History - Modern (1750+)

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36003

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Degeneracy%3A+Its+Causes%2C+Signs+and+Results+Talbot&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Considered as a condition hurtful to the type, the conception of degeneracy may be said to appear even in the precursors of man, since animals destroy soon after birth offspring which, to them, appear peculiar. With that stage of development of the religious sense marked by assigning malign occult powers to natural objects and forces, this view of degeneracy became systematised, and exposed weakly or deformed offspring, charged to evil powers, to death. This occult conception of degeneracy is even yet a part of American folklore. Against degenerate children charms are still used by the "witch-doctors" among the "Pennsylvania Dutch." These people are on the level of culture of the early se...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/degeneracy-its-causes-signs-and-results-36003/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/degeneracy-its-causes-signs-and-results-36003/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/degeneracy-its-causes-signs-and-results-36003/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/degeneracy-its-causes-signs-and-results-36003/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/degeneracy-its-causes-signs-and-results-36003/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/degeneracy-its-causes-signs-and-results-36003/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/degeneracy-its-causes-signs-and-results-36003/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/degeneracy-its-causes-signs-and-results-36003/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/degeneracy-its-causes-signs-and-results-36003/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/degeneracy-its-causes-signs-and-results-36003/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Volume V. contains--](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/degeneracy-its-causes-signs-and-results-36003/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/degeneracy-its-causes-signs-and-results-36003/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/degeneracy-its-causes-signs-and-results-36003/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/degeneracy-its-causes-signs-and-results-36003/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/degeneracy-its-causes-signs-and-results-36003/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/degeneracy-its-causes-signs-and-results-36003/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/degeneracy-its-causes-signs-and-results-36003/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/degeneracy-its-causes-signs-and-results-36003/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/degeneracy-its-causes-signs-and-results-36003/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Volume III. contains--](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/degeneracy-its-causes-signs-and-results-36003/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Volume II. contains--](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/degeneracy-its-causes-signs-and-results-36003/chapters/19/index.md)