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still very much divided. Great authorities
are in conflict with one another on the
question of tuberculosis. Some contend that it
is hereditary, others declare that it is only
transmitted by infection. Accordingly when
a child is born of a tuberculous mother, and
is taken away from her, there is no danger
for the child. Views are also divided on the
subject of cancer. Regarding other diseases,
however, there is complete certainty.
Legislation has already interfered in the case of
epilepsy, although the law in practice is not
always applied. But in the case of syphilis,
alcoholism, and many kinds of nervous complaints,
diseases which afflict children most
certainly, in various ways, legislation has yet
done nothing.
There is an old axiom that we are obliged
to thank our parents for life. Our parents,
I know from my own experience, can themselves
have been the heirs of bodily and mental
health, resulting from the fact that maternal
and paternal ancestors all made early, right,
and happy marriages. But generally, parents
must on their part, ask the children’s pardon
for the children’s existence.
It makes no difference, whether we talk with
people sunken in necessity or crime, or with
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