Intermarriage: Or, How and why Beauty, Health, and Intellect Result from Certain Marriages, and Deformity, Disease, and Insanity from Others ...
Title | Intermarriage: Or, How and why Beauty, Health, and Intellect Result from Certain Marriages, and Deformity, Disease, and Insanity from Others ... PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander Walker |
Publisher | |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 1897 |
Genre | Animal breeding |
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Researches on the Development, Structure, and Diseases of the Teeth
Title | Researches on the Development, Structure, and Diseases of the Teeth PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander Nasmyth |
Publisher | |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 1839 |
Genre | Dentistry |
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Holden's Manual of the Dissection of the Human Body
Title | Holden's Manual of the Dissection of the Human Body PDF eBook |
Author | Luther Holden |
Publisher | |
Pages | 756 |
Release | 1879 |
Genre | Anatomy |
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Catalogue Raisonné of the Medical Library of the Pennsylvania Hospital
Title | Catalogue Raisonné of the Medical Library of the Pennsylvania Hospital PDF eBook |
Author | Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.). Medical Library |
Publisher | |
Pages | 792 |
Release | 1857 |
Genre | Hospital libraries |
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A Text book of physiology
Title | A Text book of physiology PDF eBook |
Author | John Fulton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 482 |
Release | 1879 |
Genre | |
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The Pathology of the Teeth
Title | The Pathology of the Teeth PDF eBook |
Author | Carl Wedl |
Publisher | |
Pages | 522 |
Release | 1872 |
Genre | Teeth |
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Consanguinity in Context
Title | Consanguinity in Context PDF eBook |
Author | Alan H. Bittles |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 325 |
Release | 2012-05-24 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1107376939 |
An essential guide to this major contemporary issue, Consanguinity in Context is a uniquely comprehensive account of intra-familial marriage. Detailed information on past and present religious, social and legal practices and prohibitions is presented as a backdrop to the preferences and beliefs of the 1100+ million people in consanguineous unions. Chapters on population genetics, and the role of consanguinity in reproductive behaviour and genetic variation, set the scene for critical analyses of the influence of consanguinity on health in the early years of life. The discussion on consanguinity and disorders of adulthood is the first review of its kind and is particularly relevant given the ageing of the global population. Incest is treated as a separate issue, with historical and present-day examples examined. The final three chapters deal in detail with practical issues, including genetic testing, education and counselling, national and international legislation and imperatives, and the future of consanguineous marriage worldwide.