EUGENICS,EUTHENICS & EUPHENICS

EUGENICS,EUTHENICS & EUPHENICS

Eugenics :-

   1. The term eugenics was coined by a british scientist Sir Francis galton in 18833
   2. Galton is called "father of eugenics" as this branch has been started by him
   3. Eugenics is the branch of science which deals with improvement of human race genetically
   4. Eugenics can be divided into two types : Negative & positive eugenics
   5. Under negative eugenics,people with inferior and undesirable trait are prevented from reproducing
   6. Sterilization of men is done by vasectomy involving an operation in which vas deferans or sperm duct is blocked
   7. Sterilization of women is done by tubectomy which involves an operation in which fallopein tube is blocked
   8. Under positive eugenics,people with better & desirable traits are encouraged

Euthenics :- 

   1. Euthenics is the improvement of human race by improving the environmental conditions i.e., by subjecting them to better nutrition , better unpolluted ecological conditions.better education and sufficient amount of medical facilities
   2. Eugenics is the science of being well-born & euthenics is the scince of learning to live well

Euphenics :-

   1. Euphenics is the symptomatic treatment of genetic disease of man
   2. Euphenics deals with the control of several inherited human disease, especially errors of metabolism with genetic engineering