The care and feeding of children / by John Lovett Morse, M.D.

  • Morse, John Lovett, 1865-1940.
Date:
1914
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Credit: The care and feeding of children / by John Lovett Morse, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    the result of an excessive amount of per- spiration from overheating of the feet by too thick stockings. Small bodies, having a greater surface area in relation to their bulk, lose heat faster than larger bodies. Children, therefore, lose heat more readily and more rapidly than do adults. The heat regulatory centers of children are, more- over, less stable and less efficient than those of adults. Young children, there- fore, bear exposure less well than older children and adults. If anyone should go bare-legged and bare-armed in cold weather, it should be the children's par- ents rather than the children. If the mothers were compelled to dress in the same way that some of them dress their children, we should see less blue and chapped bare arms and legs on the street than we do at present. It is a curious fact in our civilization that young babies and strong men wear abdominal bands, while the rest of the S7