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Title: Mother and child
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Whipple, Guy M. Provision for the education of gifted children in the United States American Child Health Association American Child Hygiene Association National Child Health Council (U.S.). Child health in Erie County, New York
Subjects: Child health services Child welfare Children Maternal health services Mothers Child Health Services Child Welfare Maternal Health Services
Publisher: Baltimore, Md. : American Child Hygiene Association
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
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ression of that mournful city.Added to these are the efforts of theCentral European countries them.-selves, all of which are strainingheroically to care for their own.All the aid given would not go farotherwise. The evidences of under-feedingare not always obvious to the layeye. One becomes accustomed un-consciously to a lowered standard. THE CHILDREN OF CENTRAL EUROPE lOI but there are some signs anyonecan understand, once attention iscalled to them. Look at their legs, said a friendwith whom I was walking in adecent quarter of a great city,pointing to a comfortable-lookinggroup of young school children.There was a betrayal. Some legswere bowed and some knock-kneed. countries of Central Europe andpeaceful interchange of commodi-ties secured with Russia, CentralEurope would not merely take careof herself; she would soon beginto show the world important ad-vances in child welfare methodsand in the whole social field. Abrilliant Pole interested in everyphase of child welfare said with.a
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Crooked legs betraying rickets Doubtless some were straight, butthey only served to emphasize thedeviations. The children in thepicture are from another country,but the legs are like those I saw. But under-feeding will cease.Food will be more plentiful. Thisharvest in countries where peaceallows even partial tillage is goodand early. ;If confidence could beestablished tomorrow between the melancholy smile, Poland canshow samples of every good thing.Poland only needs time and peace.Just now Central Europe is eagerto learn from us. Czecho-Slovakiahas accepted an invitation to sendfive students to Vassar next year.The Rockefeller ^Foundation hasstudents from Czecho-Slovakia inthe School of Hygiene and PublicHealth of Johns Hopkins Univer- 102 MOTHER AND CHILD sity, and Polish girls of fine abilityare eager to come here to studychild welfare and public health nurs-ing. None can come at the presentprohibitive rates of exchange un-less money is furnished here, as isdone by the Rockefeller F

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