1. What was the lethal chamber, to what purposes was it put, and to what purpose

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1. What was the lethal chamber, to what purposes was it put, and to what purposes did certain eugenics advocates want it to be put?

2. How did British eugenicist Arthur Treadgold’s view of criminals and mental defectives (morons) change over the course of publishing 6 editions of his Textbook of Mental Deficiency?

3. On what practices were all American eugenicists agreed? Why are these practices problematic?

4. How was Dr. Henry Haiselden’s ‘treatment’ of the newborn baby “Allen” motivated by eugenics considerations? How would such children be treated today?

5. Why were tuberculosis victims targetted by eugenicists and what did some eugenics supporters hope to do with tuberculosis patients?

6. How was eugenics facilitated, in a sense, by some American insane asylums? How does our modern ‘treatment’ of the insane and those suffering from severe mental illnesses differ - or does it?

7. What was the nature of American euthanasia propaganda?

8. How did geneticists distance themselves from eugenics– and what was the new theory of human behaviour–after the Second World War?                                                                                                     

9. What propositions are put forward in the final chapter on ‘man’ in Biology and the Future of Man? Why did geneticists feel they could now return to these issues?

Explanation / Answer

1. A lethal chamber, also known as gas chamber is an apparatus for killinghumans or other animals with gas. It consisted of a sealed chamber into which a poisonous gas or asphyxiant gas is introduced. The most commonly used poisonous agent is hydrogen cyanide; carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide have also been used. Gas chambers were used as a method of execution for condemned prisoners in the United States beginning in the 1920s and continue to be a legal execution method in three states. During the Holocaust, large-scale gas chambers designed for mass killing were used by Nazi Germany as part of their genocide program. The use of gas chambers in North Korea has also been reported.

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