Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The American Journal of Clinical Medicine, Vol. 18: Dependable Therapeutic Fact for Daily Use; July, 1911
In these studies of infantile phenomena none is more interesting or important than that of the vasomotor apparatus. There is often a congenital disequilibrium that sometimes is startling in its manifestations. It is always of moment. One child will show perturbations Of wide range from causes that may not affect any other of a large number of its fellows. There is meaning to a pulse of 100 in one that will not apply to a pulse of 120 in another. The pulse tension denotes more than fever, toxemia or temper, at times. The best student here is the mother. Every prospective mother should have a training in medical science to fit her for her duties and opportunities. She is apt and willing, most anxious and quick to learn. Let her education be a part of the duty of the family physician, who should prescribe the books and elucidate their obscurities to her. She will see far more than he, and give warning in advance that will render many a perilous attack abor tive. Many advances in the management of children have been made by such studies. We do not now allow a child to drift into chorea before sending for the doctor to cure him, but when it commences to at tract attention by grimacing, we have its eyes examined and correct the accommoda tion with glasses. We do not allow a boy to fall hopelessly behind at school for lack of attention to the obstructing adenoids and tonsils. Nor do we sit idly by and permit bad sexual habits to be aroused by the neglect of circumcision when that is indicated. Every intelligent mother now knows how much temper, nervousness and general naughtiness are due to digestive derangements, and many physicians are beginning to realize this. In time we may possibly learn to estimate correctly our children's intellectual capabilities and to gauge the extent and rapidity with which they can absorb and assimilate instruction. 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.
