Author: William R. P. EmersonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781332512966
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Excerpt from Nutrition and Growth in Children In 1908, while in charge of the Children's Out-Patient Clinic in the Boston Dispensary, I became interested in a number of undernourished children who kept coming to the dispensary week after week and month after month, passing from one department to another without receiving help. Their records showed long histories and repeated examinations, yet the most frequent diagnoses were "Debility" or "No disease." From the medical standpoint there was nothing the matter with them, but from the point of view of physical fitness there was everything the matter with them. I formed a group or class of 12 of these children, and had them report once a week with the idea of studying them for the whole 24-hour period to discover if possible the real cause of their poor physical condition. In order to visualize their progress, as well as to arouse interest, I made charts showing the actual weight of the children from week to week, with a comparative line representing what their weight should be. The mothers were invited to attend the class and consulted as to the possible cause of failure to gain. Advice was then given on any point that seemed to promise better results. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
