Pediatrics, Volume 18

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Van Publishing, 1906
 

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Page 479 - The state board of education shall prepare or cause to be prepared suitable test cards and blanks to be used in testing the eyesight of the pupils in public schools, and shall furnish the same, together with all necessary instructions for their use, free of expense, to every school in the state.
Page 364 - ... never likely to interfere with him, and as being at an easy ride from the stately abode of Francis I. and Henry IV. at St. Germains; the requisite estates were soon made crown property, and the modest chateau rose which afterwards served as a nucleus for the gigantic constructions of his successors. It is not our purpose to go into the details of the history of Versailles, of the various epochs of its growth and alterations, of its rise or fall; we intend rather to consider it in the different...
Page 478 - Whereas, The value of perfect sight and hearing is not fully appreciated by educators, and neglect of the delicate organs of vision and hearing often leads to disease of these structures, therefore, be it Resolved, That it is the sense of the...
Page 479 - September in each year shall test the sight and hearing of all pupils under his charge, and keep a record of such examinations according to the instructions furnished, and shall notify in writing the parent or guardian of every pupil who shall be found to have any defect of vision or hearing, or diseases of eyes or ears, with a brief statement of such defect or disease, and shall make a written report of all such examinations to the Superintendent of Education as he may require. Section 2. The State...
Page 476 - XX (20) line of the Snellen's Test Types, with either eye? 3. Do the eyes and head habitually grow weary and painful after study? 4. Does the pupil appear to be "cross-eyed"?
Page 343 - Children under ten years of age are in much greater danger of death from, scarlet fever than are adults, but adult persons often get and spread the disease, and sometimes die from it. Mild cases in adults may thus cause fatal cases among children. Because of these facts it is frequently dangerous for children to go where adult persons go with almost perfect safety to themselves.
Page 238 - He must note this difference. In pneumonia the cry is suppressed in consequence of its interference with respiration. The peculiarity of a cough must be studied. In ordinary bronchitis it does not cause pain. In pneumonia it is accompanied by more or less pain, which is plainly depicted on the face of the child. Physiognomy also teaches its lesson. Conditions of the countenance reveal the nature of disease. In sleep the face of a healthy child expresses repose. In pneumonia there is always a movement...
Page 261 - Chamomilla, if the bowels are relaxed, the animal is very restless, frequently lying down and getting up ; an attack of pain soon followed by an evacuation, swelling of the abdomen, extremities cold, especially the ears. DOSE. — Six drops every one or two hours, according to the severity of the case, until better. Colchicum, if the disease...
Page 68 - Several points, nevertheless, must be kept in mind. Whatever drugs are used internally (and this depends very much upon the individual case), the patient must have plenty of fresh air. Do not be afraid of his taking cold on account of the cold air blowing across his face. It is now considered that this is impossible. Also, whatever drugs may be used, keep the body warm with suitable clothing, and use externally some preparation which will cause a comparative lessening of blood-pressure in the lungs.
Page 473 - If education is worth anything in the broadest sense, and if it passes beyond the borders of dilettanteism into the broad realms of those influences which stand for human uplift, then "it should reach down, down to the very dregs and bottom of the social scale, and pull up the most unfortunate of the human race, and place them on a par with their fellow-men.

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