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III. ENVIRONMENT

S. A. WEISMAN, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1935;49(1):52-59.

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Reports that there is a difference in physical development between children reared in poor and those reared in favorable social environments have appeared in the literature for over a hundred years. In 1829, Villermé¹ of France showed that proper food and good homes aid materially in physical development. Roberts,² in 1878, after measuring several thousands of the male population in England, showed that boys from the higher social strata were heavier and taller. One year later, Bowditch,³ of Boston, concluded that persons in the so-called "favored classes" were superior in height and in weight to those in the "general classes." Later, in 1913, Young⁴ reported that in Chicago the children of wealthy parents were taller and heavier and had greater vital capacities than the average public school child. Likewise, Schlesinger,⁵ Wurzinger⁶ and Martin,⁷ in Germany, showed that there was a definite difference in . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota.

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