ID# 1912:
"Verschuer's Institute," Eugenical News (vol. 21), Otmar von Verscheur's move to the House of Folkhygiene in Frankfurt, Germany
Date:
1936
Pages: (1|2)
Source:
Cold Spring Harbor, ERO, Eugenical News, 21

1912. 60 Eugenical News and twins; and in this work there will not be investigated alone interesting twins, but all twins and families of definite geographical origin must be considered. It is desirable to determine what traits of bodily and mental sort, what diseases and anomalies in mankind are hereditary; according to what laws they are transmitted from one generation to the other; how far external influences that may act in inhibiting or accelerating fashion must be taken into consideration, and many other points. The plan of the [umlaut over capital 'U']niversit[umlaut over 'a']t Institut f[umlaut over 'u']r Erbbiologie und Rassenhygiene, which occupies the second floor of the People's Hygiene House, shows a larger and a smaller lecture hall and a series of rooms for investigation, for the director and assistants, for library, for archives, for special investigators and also clinical rooms, about sixty-two rooms in all, mostly, however, of small size. Some idea of the interior is given in Fig. 2. The Eugenical News extends best wishes to Dr. O. Freiherr von Vershcuer for the success of his work in his new and favorable environment. [photo across two columns, caption]Fig. 1. Haus der Volksgesundheit on south bank of the Main. Verschuer's Institute is located on the second floor. [photo bottom right, single column, caption]Fig. 2. Corridor through the clinical part of Institute. [end]
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