By Alan R. Rushton. 209 pp. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994. $45. ISBN 0-8018-4781-8.
The title of this book is initially confusing, in that it isnot a history of genetics and medicine but, rather, a historyof clinical genetics and the attitudes of the medical establishmenttoward what was then a new and mysterious field. Dr. Rushtondescribes the era from 1800 to 1922 with special reference tothe early part of this century, but there is a sense of déjàvu in reading about the attitudes of organized medicine regardinga new specialty. Driven by the current emphasis on increasingprimary care at the expense of specialized training, those incharge of . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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