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Show HEALTH BY UNCLE SAM, M. D. Health Questions Will Be Answered An-swered . if Sent to Information Bureau, U. 6. Public Hcl th Serv Ice, Washington, O. C 1 DEVELOPMENT OF A BADY At birth, a baby's head is large.-' in proportion to his bod lhan is an adults. The abdomen is big. Th-arms Th-arms end legs are short and the legs are slightly bowed. Soon after birth, a baby develops j sense oX contact and temperature; thai i?, lie knows when he i beint; held end he can appreciate heal or cold. H ! le irns to see light and to hear during the fir.-t three or four das The first month the hands move aimlessly about. During the second month, he learns to put his hand to )ti mouth and tries to lift his head During the third and wturth months, a baby will make an effort to grasp whal is held before him and will try' to sit up. He should no', be allowed tO dd so unless he is supported. About 1 his time, he begins to recognize oth-1 r? and develops a will of his own. 1 which la expressed in crying when he is displeased. He will coo when h Is happy. About the sixth month a baby can sit alone for a few minutes He will grasp and hold whatever conies within reach of his busy fingers. He now be gins to be sociable and will try to talk. . otui 1 mi- ; making " 1 I sounds From the seventh month to the ninth month, he will creep and will make efforts ef-forts to stand. He likes to imitate movements and to have yiupatliy and attention shown him. Front the ninth month to the twelfth month, he learns to stand, and from the twelfth to Ihe sixteenth month, learns to walk He develops a sens. of desire to please and this leads lo obedience. Sometimes at the twelfth month he can say a few words. A baby has no moral sense or knowledge knowl-edge of what is right or wrong. He simply follows lus instincts. An older person must keep him from harm and show him genth how to do the right things until he learns for himself As improper feeding is one of the chief causes of a child's failing to de velop properly, too ( lose attention cannot can-not he paid to the right feeding of .1 voung baby. DISEASED TONSILS Q. What are the symptoms caused by diseased tonsils? . A. This question is too general to be answered by an article in this column. col-umn. There are many diseases of the tonsils, each with their own accompanying accom-panying symptoms. It you will ask a more specific question along Ihis line; the information editor will be pleased1 to answer the Bathe HEART TROUBLE. (.1 If a woman 37 years Of age has a pulse rate ol 62 with now and then a skip in the beat, does it mean that, she has heart trouble? The general 1 health it fairh good, but sometimes after climbing a flight of stairs ucart, seems lo flutter and beat unduly fast for ii tune If heart trouble, bow should she try to overcome it or help it? A. Shortness of breath, especially such as stair-climbing, is often the, first sign of an overtaxed heart This does noi necessarily mean serious organic or-ganic h-.tr 'rouble I would urge that tin pallerit be examined carefully b a; physician to Bee d there is any cause; for anklel y |