Binnie Dunlop
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Binnie Dunlop was a Scottish doctor and advocate of eugenics
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Dunlop, the son of a Glasgow doctor, studied medicine at Glasgow University, graduating M.B. (1898) and Ch.B. However, he never practiced medicine, instead studying social and economic questions. He joined the Malthusian League
in 1910, and was probably the author of the League's 1913 pamphlet Hygenic Methods of Birth Control. He held office in the Malthusian League as Honorary Secretary and Treasurer, and was editor of The Malthusian from 1918 to 1921.
Eugenics
Eugenics is the "applied science or the bio-social movement which advocates the use of practices aimed at improving the genetic composition of a population", usually referring to human populations. The origins of the concept of eugenics began with certain interpretations of Mendelian inheritance,...
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Dunlop, the son of a Glasgow doctor, studied medicine at Glasgow University, graduating M.B. (1898) and Ch.B. However, he never practiced medicine, instead studying social and economic questions. He joined the Malthusian League
Malthusian League
The Malthusian League was a British organisation which advocated for the abolition of all penalties against public discussion of contraception and the education of the public about the importance of family planning. It was established in 1877 and was dissolved in 1927...
in 1910, and was probably the author of the League's 1913 pamphlet Hygenic Methods of Birth Control. He held office in the Malthusian League as Honorary Secretary and Treasurer, and was editor of The Malthusian from 1918 to 1921.
Works
- National happiness under individualism. An explanation and solution of the poverty and riches problem, 1909
- (anon.) Hygienic methods of family limitation, 1913
- 'Over-population as a cause of war', in EdenEden PaulMaurice Eden Paul, most commonly known simply as Eden Paul was a socialist physician, writer and translator.-Biography:...
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, eds., Population and Birth-control: a symposium, 1917