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WE have received a copy of the report of the ninth Conference of the International Federation of Eugenic Organizations, edited by the honorary administrative secretary, Mrs. C. B. S. Hodson, and published at 406 Fulham Road, London. The Conference met on Sept. 11–15, 1930, at Farnham, Dorset, and Larmer Tree Grounds, Tollard Royal, Wilts. Associated public meetings were held at the Tithe Barn, Hinton St. Mary, Dorset, at the invitation of Capt. Pitt-Rivers. The first conference, under the chairmanship of Sir Arthur Keith, considered the standardisation of human measurements, with opening papers by Miss M. L. Tildesley on the physical and Miss B. Schieffelin on the mental side. A conference oil race crossing, with Dr. Alfred Ploetz in the chair, received contributions from Dr. Mjöen, Prof. C. G. Seligman, Dr. van Herwerden, Prof. Ruggles Gates, Dr. C. B. Davenport, and Prof. Eugen Fischer. At another session international programmes for research in racial psychiatry were presented by Prof. Rüdin, and in racial psychology by Prof. Seligman. An afternoon was devoted to heredity in man, with Prof. Gates in the chair, and contributions by Dr. P. J. Waardenburg, Dr. C. J. Bond, Dr. G. P. Frets, and Dr. Heuyer. The report includes a summary of the discussion on each paper. The last part is devoted to general reports, including a brief statement from twelve countries regarding work on the eugenic or dysgenic effects of the War, and statements concerning recent eugenic work in Czechoslovakia, Finland, South Africa, Holland, Germany, and Austria. Dr. H. H. Laughlin contributes a survey of eugenical work in the United States, Dr. Mjöen one for Norway, and Dr. Schrieber for France. This pamphlet of a hundred pages is a useful summary of work having anthropological and medical as well as eugenical aspects.
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International Federation of Eugenic Organizations. Nature 129, 431 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129431a0
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