ABSTRACT
In his early writings on the subject of population theory, McCulloch was a clear and distinct follower of the doctrines set forth in the second and subsequent editions of Malthus' celebrated Essay A He accepted the inevitability of the 'geometrical' increase of population if unchecked by 'positive' or 'preventive' forces although he was less happy, like most of his contemporaries, about the 'arithmetical' increase of food.2
He seems at this stage to have regarded the operation of death control
