1937’s leading doctors ask, ‘Should Cousins Marry?’ Plus: Why rich kids are the true underprivileged
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Hygeia: The Health Magazine
Date: November, 1937
Publisher: American Medical Association
The Cover Asks: “Should Cousins Marry? See page 980.”
Representative Quote:
“If defective animals are born, the stock breeder sends them to the butcher and continues to breed only from the best. In the human family the defectives remain to give cousin marriage an ill repute.” (page 1014)
