Annals of Eugenics Journal, 1925-1954, Now Available Online

The Annals of Eugenics--now The Annals of Human Genetics--has just made its 1925-1954 journal content available online for researchers in the history of science and medicine. Their current issue also features four specially commissioned articles that contextualizing the content, and highlighting the ways in which Eugenics "embodies the history of human genetics as a scientific enterprise and exemplifies the complex relationship of this discipline with wider society [as well as] the somber role that human genetics played in providing what was taken to be a scientific framework to social prejudice during the period."

This is sure to be some fascinating stuff.

Full details, as told by Advances in the History of Psychology:

The Annals of Human Genetics (AHG), formerly named Annals of Eugenics, has recently made its 1925-1954 journal content available online for researchers. Among the now controversial eugenics research appearing throughout these issues, researchers can also expect to find statistical publications by mathematician Karl Pearson, whose work at University College London concerned the widely used Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient, the Pearson Chi-Square test, and P-value.

The AHG editorial cites “ongoing use and reference to materials”… “and the somewhat limited availability of the original printed copy” as justification for making the content available online. Furthermore,

"Online access to the Annals of Eugenics archive will also be of interest to historians of science. In many ways, the history of the Annals embodies the history of human genetics as a scientific enterprise and exemplifies the complex relationship of this discipline with wider society. The somber role that human genetics played in providing what was taken to be a scientific framework to social prejudice during the period of “Eugenics” is a well-known case of the complex interaction between science and society. The present issue of the journal includes four specially commissioned articles that attempt to contextualize the online publication of the Annals of Eugenics archive. To exemplify some of the major scientific contributions made during that period, the article by J. Ott highlights key papers on linkage analysis published by the journal. The contributions by K. Weiss, G. Allen, and D. Kevles deal with aspects of the history of eugenics and of human genetics, and explore their relevance to ongoing debates regarding the social implications of human genetics research."

You can read the full article by clicking here.

YET MORE from the Ball Collection

I present to you yet more images from the fantastic James Moores Ball collection, previously featured in a few (1, 2, 3) recent Morbid Anatomy posts.

The Ball Collection resides in the collection of the National Museum of Health and Medicine and were found on the museums' unofficial blog, "A Repository of Bottled Monsters." More information on the pieces and the collection to be found there.

Image information, from the top: Acc 19320: Spring conjunctivitis; Acc 19321: Marginal eczema pustule and Epithelioma involving both the cornea and conjunctiva; Acc 19322: Sarcoma of the iris and Syphilitic iritis; and Acc 19319: Recent scleritis

Yet MORE from the James Moores Ball Collection

More wonderful images from the National Museum of Health and Medicine's fantastic James Moores Ball Collection. All of these images are from a book called Miniatur-Abbildungen der wichtigsten Akiurgischen Operationen, by Dr. H. E. Fritze (1838).

More information here.

More From The James Moores Ball Collection, National Museum of Health and Medicine

I think I am in love with the James Moores Ball collection, held by the National Museum of Health and Medicine. This collection, slowly being revealed via the museum's unofficial blog A Repository for Bottled Monsters, just keeps getting better and better. I encourage you to click on the images above to view larger, more detailed versions. To view some other objects from this collection, visit this previous Morbid Anatomy post.

You can visit the source post here; you can also see photos of artifacts from the National Museum of Health and Medicine's collection in this post from earlier today.

Images, From the top:
1. Acc. 18874 Diseases of the bulbar and palpebral conjunctiva. Colored plate II from Dr. von Ammon's book (vol. 1).
2. Acc. 18875 Diseases of the cornea. Colored plate III from Dr. von Ammon's book (vol. 1).
3. Acc. 18874 Diseases of the bulbar and palpebral conjunctiva. Colored plate II from Dr. von 3.Ammon's book (vol. 1)

The James Moore Ball Collection, National Museum of Health and Medicine

From the James Moore Ball (ophthalmology) Collection, held by the National Museum of Health and Medicine, and featured on their unofficial blog A Repository for Bottled Monsters.

For more information and to view more images, read the original story here and visit the Flickr collection here.

University of Michigan Dental Library's "Flickr Dentistry Collection"

Wow... Another museum/library collection on Flickr! This one is called the "Flickr Dentistry Collection," and has been posted by Rosefirerising of the University of Michigan Dentistry Library.  A very impressive collection, containing ephemera, magic lantern slides, books, trade literature, illustrations, images of museum displays, and more. Also some nice, fetishistic macro photos of text, graphic elements, marbelized paper, lovely end paper, bookplates, and all the details of old books that make libraries so wonderful.

Thanks to a blog called Bookn3rd: Book History and Diversions Therefrom for calling my attention to this collection. Click here to peruse the entire collection, comprising 19 sets and over 1000 images. Well, well worth a visit. All images above from the collection.