Show Your Yo u r B Baby's a bys H H a I t By DR MORRIS FISHBEIN S Editor Journal of the tho American Medical 1 Association and of Hgel tho the H Health Magazine 1 No matter how often it is proved false falle tho the bell belief t persists that n a prospective child chUd may may be mark marked 4 in some way by tho the habits habits habits hab hab- its or mentality of ot Its mother This superstition is b among th tho oldest in history but unlike other beliefs which have come to be bo es established cs- cs as ns fact through growth of our knowledge this this' one never has been confirmed in any ny way The Tho writings of ot Goethe Scott and Oliver Wen Wendell ell Holmes as aswell aswell well wen as those of many other many other authors authors au au- au- au thors indicate te how widespread this superstition actu actually lly is When a baby is born with a birthmark those who vho believe it possible for impressions of ot the tho mother to mark the child chUd will try to link this birthmark with some somo incident which occurred during the pre natal period Some people suggest that the tho baby may ay be marked If It the mother sees an accident ac accident na ac- a a. fire fire- a n snake anake or some Bome similar horrible or inspiring fear object Others bell believe eve the mother should visit art museums and listen to beautiful m music sic with the idea that the child when grown will have a taste tc for the finer things of life lite There Ther is not the slightest evidence evi evl- dence to indicate that thata a a baby will resemble a 11 faced dog-faced boy if it the mother happens to see ceo a dog Light fight nor is there any reason renson to believe that the tho baby will wm be a a Chopin or r Beethoven if It tho the mother moth moth- er spends most of her time listening listen Usten- ing to symphonies Birthmarks and other defects usually are accidental They begin begin begin be be- gin to appear on tho the body of the baby during the tho first few weeks after it begins to develop before birth and the child usually is al almost almost almost al- al most completely formed by the tho time tune it reaches the eighth week of development Therefore nothing that happens happens happens hap hap- pens to the mother in a 11 mental way in a later part of this period could affect the the child chUd in this way |