Show 7 TALES OF CHILDHOOD By DR LOYAL CRANE CRAN E. E Under the title of The fhe Case of Dorothea Dorethea DI Ui Dr William Villiam R. R II n. Emerson Emerson Em Em- erson elson professor of pediatrics Tufts Medical col college Boston Doston presents two pictures of Doroth Dorothea a showing her hel before and atter her attendance attendance at- at at 1 upon u one of his nutrition classes I 1 wish I might show you OU these pictures In n the first picture Dorothea presents the typical appearance of ot ofa ofa ota a malnourished child Her features features fea lea tures are drawn and pale Her lIer ribs protrude through an anaemic skin Her posture is faulty Her whole attitude is tense In the second picture Dorothea Dos no longer seems like the same girl Her body is well In m and gracefully rounded Her lIer sleek hair gratefully reflects the light as it tails In easy curls over her der del Her feature features peaceful and smiling beat bear a note ur of self dence born bOIn of an Inward reserve or vital force torce Not less than one third one rd of the average American school population I tion Dr DI Emerson assures us are suffering from chronic tion Not ot one of ot all alJ these millions of cases will viii fail tail to respond to proper treatment he claims If H. Dr DI Emersons Emerson's statement that third one of all out our American children children children chil chil- dren are undernourished seems at first incredible we in must two things S. S The first of thes the e Is that t the un undernourished n I h chIld though unduly subject ct to infection Is not sick as we commonly use the term and only an experienced eye can detect malnutrition in the tully fully clad child The second thing to remember i is that malnutrition may exist eveh even eve where the child chUd is fed an ample quantity of food tood if it the kind of food and the conditions under which It is eaten render it impossible for the child chUd to properly absorb his I This is a serious matter For the I undernourished child is a a. disobedient disobedient disobedient dis dis- dis- dis obedient irritable shy and unsuccessful I child Indeed the percent- percent I rage fit of undernourished children in our left back groups at school and andIn andin andin in the dockets of our juvenile courts is so much higher than one- one third that we are justified In concluding concluding con con- eluding that malnutrition is re responsible responsible responsible re- re in part at least for even these major difficulties of child child- hood Tomorrow we shall look further into Dr Emersons Emerson's statement that all malnutrition is preventable by considering its causes and their re re- re lief lid A |