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Page 47 - The department of medical zoology of the School of Hygiene and Public Health of the Johns Hopkins University...
Page 143 - Height and weight to be taken in house clothes, without shoes. Weigh on the same date each month, about the same hour of the day. Age, the nearest birthday. ""Height Inches 5 yrs. 6 yrs. 7 yrs. 8 yrs. 9 yrs. 10 yrs. 11 12 yrs. 13 14 yrs. 15 16 yrs. 17 yrs. NT
Page 144 - In ascertaining height — measure yourself in shoes; stand erect, and press measuring rod down against scalp. Weigh yourself in indoor clothing and shoes. If shoes have sensible heels, subtract one inch for height; if heels are "high,
Page 20 - The muscles are lax, the tendons and ligaments may become elongated. Because of this as well as from the softening of the bones the children do not walk or stand at the proper time. The muscles of the intestines are affected as well as those of the legs and arms. Because of the weakness of...
Page 95 - ... was found to be profitable in the West Indies. It is a habit-forming food, and is of no value other than for fuel for the body to keep it warm, and to supply energy for work. It does not feed the body tissues in a true sense, as do certain other food substances. We now consume in the United States about a quarter of a pound of sugar per person per day throughout the year. This is an inexcusable thing to do, for this necessarily crowds out of the diet more wholesome foods, and makes the diet as...
Page 122 - the place to get vitamins [with the exception of Vitamin D] is in the market, in the grocery -store, from the milk man and from the garden, and not from the drug-store.
Page 90 - ... preservation of the teeth during the continuance of life, is very much affected by the care which has been bestowed upon them during the earliest periods. "The first set, or temporary teeth, are very liable to become diseased; and they seldom, in the human subject, give way by a natural process in sufficient time to permit the second set, or permanent teeth, to arrange themselves in their proper order; hence the state of the permanent teeth is much influenced by that of the temporary during childhood,...
Page 90 - The natural history of the teeth, although a subject curious in its nature, and important in its application to human comfort, has not sufficiently engaged the attention of the practitioners of medicine and surgery. "The preservation of the teeth during the continuance of life, is very much affected by the care which has been bestowed upon them during the earliest periods. "The first set, or temporary teeth, are very liable to become diseased; and they seldom, in the human subject, give way by a...
Page 23 - Leading pediatricians assert that practically all children will develop rickets if fed solely on certified milk, pasteurized milk, canned milk or commercial infant foods, unless cod liver oil, egg yolk or an abundance of sunlight is given to them.