Genetics in the Madhouse

The untold story of how hereditary data in mental hospitals gave rise to the science of human heredityIn the early 1800s, a century before there was any concept of the gene, physicians in insane asylums began to record causes of madness in their admission books. Almost from the beginning, they pointed to heredity as the most important of these

Povestea nespusa despre modul in care datele ereditare din spitalele de boli mintale au dat nastere stiintei ereditatii umane La inceputul anilor 1800, cu un secol inainte sa existe un concept al genei, medicii din azilurile de nebuni au inceput sa inregistreze cauzele nebuniei in cartile lor de admitere. Aproape de la inceput, ei au indicat ereditatea drept cea mai importanta dintre acestea