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After Us, Or The World As It Might Be
''After Us, or the World as it Might Be'', also known as ''After Us'', is a collection of essays in futurology written by British surgeon John Lockhart-Mummery, and published by London's Stanley Paul (publisher), Stanley Paul in 1936. In it, Lockhart-Mummery imagines Britain as it might be in the 25th century using the device of a series of letters home from a New Zealander. He imagines a world where all male children are sterilised shortly after birth, except for those carefully selected. Those exempt from compulsory sterilisation would provide the "seed" for future generations by artificial insemination.Lockhart-Mummery, John (1936). ''After Us, or the World as it Might Be''. London: Stanley Paul (publisher), Stanley Paul, chapter 5. The perfect child, pp.56-66. The book has 287 pages and begins with a preface followed by a list of 24 chapter titles. The foreword is given by the author's friend Thomas Horder, 1st Baron Horder, Lord Horder, president of the Eugenics Society (UK), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lockhart-Mummery
John Percy Lockhart-Mummery FRCS (14 February 1875 – 24 April 1957), was a British surgeon at St Mark's Hospital, London, who devised a classification of rectal cancer and described familial polyposis which led to the formation of the polyposis registry. He was the author of several books, including ''Diseases of the Rectum and Colon and their Surgical Treatment'' (1923) and ''The Origin of Cancer'' (1934). His work on colorectal surgery earned him the nickname "King Rectum". His grandfather, his brother, and his father, John Howard Mummery, were all dental surgeons. While studying at Cambridge he developed sarcoma of his leg, for which Joseph Lister carried out an amputation. He completed his clinical training in 1899 at St George's Hospital, London, and in 1904 was appointed Hunterian Professor at the Royal College of Surgeons. He showed that sigmoidoscopy was safe and effective in looking for diseases of the large bowel. During the First World War he operated at King Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |