. Lessons on the anatomy, physiology and hygiene of infancy and childhood for junior students. Consisting of extracts from lectures given at Rush medical college . Fis 87 Fig. SS It is an important ejooch in a childs life when he suc-ceeds in standing alone Whole sets of muscles, heretoforescarcely used are now brought into activity, and his devel-opment, is, from this time on, more all-sided and symmetri-cal. Hitherto, his locomotion has been only in the form ofcreeping, but for the child who has learned to stand alone,the transition to walking is, in a very literal spnse only The fir
. Lessons on the anatomy, physiology and hygiene of infancy and childhood for junior students. Consisting of extracts from lectures given at Rush medical college . Fis 87 Fig. SS It is an important ejooch in a childs life when he suc-ceeds in standing alone Whole sets of muscles, heretoforescarcely used are now brought into activity, and his devel-opment, is, from this time on, more all-sided and symmetri-cal. Hitherto, his locomotion has been only in the form ofcreeping, but for the child who has learned to stand alone,the transition to walking is, in a very literal spnse only The first conscious steps are taken very with an evident fear of falling. But frequently the first 148 HYGIENE. steps are taken unconsciously. Sometimes a child who haslearned to walk, partially or wholly, reverts for a season, tocreeping, for no apparent reason. At first the feet areplaced disproportionately wide apart, giving rise to a curi-ous waddling motion; while sometimes a child runs insteadof walking and staggers, with the body inclined forward,and the hands outstretched as though afraid of falling, thefeet, too, being lifted higher than is
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