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Show m JURY TO ; rCIDE FATE OF (CRIPPLE BABIES Vnois Lfgislrttors May Do- - ucLaW for Board Hav- ing Power of Life v' ' and Death. vv . S ' . s ' 'UlO, Nov. l.--Tfto points in v ,!r,t;i't At' tho coroner's jury of do- V'-C J 'oiiij; upou tV net of Or. Marry ' V -.jirUH" o the t.etniiin American il. m reiusiu: to perform an oper-V oper-V -"thit wouUI mvo tho lit'o of b:iby 2 HoHiur, struck pin sic 1 ana and Vv-: 1 .,3 n.th eua. fore todar J-., "v ol ii doctors, while ooii-, ooii-, -"Vpr. II.hm'Mou of anv criminal adamtintf hi ethical nhi ;- . e to per.'onu u operation, held ' "iie outv of phvstaiin an J sur- ' i v .i ve lit ev This points ! cut vrv held that in t ht liht '"V -of j! aciIy'- of ttm case of the - V.'V u ii ev.dri.co had been , to u.d'.cs.o that the child ' .x " 'a,,r fc.o dovelopod normally, i ! ,:its.h aud rhvsu';U . This ; "v "v-:rs .iu'ted Dr. liiusolden "s opin- thi ?a, future. w Board Proposed. ' rv..i: of the verdict may bo rbe M' .virion of a board, of ;hyu'i:uii V jraie law who will hold in their S X ' : the tieii;.ou of Ufe aud dvith "Ca hve the ri;h! to deny life to ' iV j '--V'U'iiv a-'..1, n.ehta.lv unfit. "Vw-i r-.i:3i-d-J m likely that the . j -t-'v ia matter will be a hill -",v ..(' brrt.; the d:cuion of the v 'S of a boaid of ;UyMcta:i! to pass qv.t"5tion of mental and hysi ' . :'H2-s :cto l-c state iei;.aiur. ;. s ..v.! i th.Ht will prove ho-eU'ssly r' i n'.ay at bijt h show 0:1 ly -"'.ih: deuv'ts in the v.'s - 'Zi j ii:i diminution iu :re, ab-,x ab-,x -ii : I'..cta or pu!pines here and i:i on verv carefu! ir.ierosooi ic ' ', ;v jot imperfections in the ner e . T:e oce n-.etr.ber of the eoroner'3 It. Z ell. iho c.st eareiuHv ex- IMH.M h,um, ri..,.rl..a Ihnt It. h "I'tlUlv IIII.I.MM V,, ,lpv H, I'hllll.V II .'.llt,.,U M.I.I, a uH 1, ,v n,,,,,,!,, ui.ii(. n,.r ,.v,,r..,l limiiorrliiiHM m-iil-Ii'ro.l ilinuiKlunit iu mi l,-i ti u. o uml iioti Its mirlH(v. As (h.v.0 i-.Mi.lilums wor still nioro iimrki,l m tlv, hpuwl ,'or,l, mm hmuor rti.in b.'inij t.x(niv, a,, i tlio fu,lK,n.-i.t ,. two f t, phvi,-iHi., to li .'npalile of i-nimni; paiuhaia of the ivlir l.'lt si.l.t of lit., i.o.lv, liml in viw or tll tmtluM- fn.'t Hint 'tlis oliil.l ws 'iit ott from tho miMMam-n of its two! most importnut w,,,,,, llml i,UT i"S. tho ,linn, of iu a.-hiovinir nor I uml nmiitiil ,liivpl,.mi.'ot must. Cfl m 1 Himl.Nl ii, .1 it i 1 1 iiiil'nvoriililo. j Atthouuli th,.fo "pili i ul misliups urn i not i-iiiiinion, s Mom ...currini! ot'tonor tlifin oiu-o or tni.o in a tlioiiamul hiiths, 1 it wonl.l ho .'ortiiinlv oil worth lulo I to hum wm ot t'n inl ii.pointo,l from ithr tho h.vilth .lopiutmont or tho bonr.l ot .-hiintioa or thn ,.0urtH to pass upon bm'h ciisi-s. liottr still, a I'ommittod of hvsi. 1 .'inns mid jml'os nn.l pnhli.' spirito.l 1 i'itv.on.1 intorsto.i in so.mkI nollnro. ; Tho four fro,uintlv opross..l m this; .lis.-iisston thm th "rijrl.t to ontortmn su. h a .lonl.t on.l to .ln.-i.lo whothor mi turo was to In- int.'ri'.-ri-.l with in h.'r attompt to oliininiito h.-r mistakes wonl.l be nlniM-.l, has littlo soh.l l.nsis to rest on. Tho inoro r.-.-ouit ion of the ri(;ht Hn.1 tho pruvisiou of h tri-hmial tri-hmial to I'Hfs upon it would offootivolv sjn.'jjiinr.t this. Comparisons Ludicrous. j Still loss is tho .unr thut infants who niis;ht grave up to l.o.omo gonitisr un.l honofa.-tors of humsnitv would ho l-rn-.itti-J nu.lfr it to fall liv thf way-s-.ilo. Somo of tho illustrious' livos i-ito.l whi.-h mijjlit ham l-oi-n suuffo.l out lv su.-h it Tii.-th.id nro little short of ludicrous. ludi-crous. Byrou, for instance, in addition to his superbly formed bead and brilliant brum, w-a an expert swordsman aud a famous swimmer, as illustrated bv his swimming the llelle.-pont. His sole elnim to tho title '-.lefee-tie" .cinsieted iu a slight clulihin of one foot, whiih tho world would probably prob-ably never have heard of hMd it nut been for his mother, who was af a vicious vi-cious and uiiLTvernablo temper, took a a voilent iliMiko to him in childhood and frequently taunted him with his "crooked foot" and thus made hnn morbidly sensitive about it all his life Ions. , Milton's defect was simply blindness, which came on after middle life. And .-o on nli don-n the line. Not one of Miss Addmis 's list of brilliant defer-tiies defer-tiies would have been iu the slightest danger at the hands of the most cold Moo-led and euijenicallv-minded committee commit-tee of scientists at birth. Pefeetive in the modern sense meauB onlv one of two things, either such gross and typical defects of brain, nerves and features as to render lite intolerable oi normal de elop'ueut impossible, or a well-niarked permanent arrest of mental development at some definite age, ranging rang-ing from 3 years to 15 vears, and usually accompanied by pedigree and famllv history showing a heavy Bpriukling of similar mishais. Never yet after a most thorough scouring scour-ing of our oO'M years of written history has genius or great man or brilliant woman ever been discovered showing such physical defects or such arrests ot nature when born of such stock. In view of the fact it might ho well to employ this committee to take, eog-ri'anee eog-ri'anee and pass unon a more common and much more distressing mishap than a malfnraied hnhy, and that is the occurrence oc-currence of pregnanev in no unmistakably unmistak-ably feeble-minded girl or woman. If ther could authorize the termination termina-tion of such pregnancy and taking such urg'eal steps as were necessary to prevent pre-vent its recurrence, thev would confer an incalculable boon upon humanity. |