Month: January 2018
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Positive eugenics?
Some correspondents read the word “negative eugenics” in a recent infographic in the sense of “reprehensible”. Why specify “negative,” they asked, when surely all eugenic measures are reprehensible? Did “negative” imply that there was such a thing as “positive” eugenics? A good question, and one which is clarified in this article. The short points are: definitions matter; and…
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New feature: infographics
Understanding the life of Dr Halliday Sutherland involves the getting to grips with the legal, medical, political, religious and social issues of his era. This has meant that the historical articles on this site are sometimes too lengthy for a time-poor reader. Today a new feature has been added to the site: info-graphics. These aim…
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St Henry
This grisly scene took place on the icy surface of Lake Köyliön in 1157. Dr Sutherland explains: Bishop Henry was an Englishman and probably of Norman descent. On a winter’s day in 1157, when his horse-drawn sledge was crossing the ice of Lake Köyliön in south-western Finland, he was slain with an axe. The killer was Lalli,…