Presidential Address—American Pediatric SocietyDARROW, DANIEL C.
1957 A.M.A. Journal of Diseases of Children
doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1957.04030050001001
Abstract Because the majority of the members of the American Pediatric Society are engaged in educating doctors, a president need not apologize for talking on this much-discussed subject. Our faith and practice in education should be repeatedly examined in relation to the changes in society and medical knowledge. My remarks are intended to bring before the Society certain points of view which, I believe, concern our educational activities. Starting about 75 years ago, an essentially new emphasis in higher education emerged in the United States. The earliest settlers in all parts of the country were concerned with the preservation and transmission of knowledge lest the new society lapse into incoherent barbarism. On the whole, institutions were established that were capable of this function, but little was done to create an atmosphere which facilitated the development of new knowledge by men trained for this purpose. One needs only recall the isolation of
Presentation of the John Howland Medal and Award of the American Pediatric Society to Dr. Ethel C. DunhamGORDON, HARRY H.
1957 A.M.A. Journal of Diseases of Children
doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1957.04030050009002pmid: 13457668
This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract Dr. Darrow, members and guests of the American Pediatric Society: It has been both pleasure and privilege to prepare this citation for Dr. Ethel Collins Dunham, Howland Medalist of 1957. What manner of person do we honor? All biographical notes are charged with interest, and particularly so are these. Dr. Dunham was born in Hartford, Conn., to descendants of English immigrants who had come to America before 1640. Her family was active in business, and in a book about her forebears written for distribution to the young folk of the family, one may read of a father and mother never heard to speak angrily to each other, of a mother who painted, of manners and ethics taught by example, of only rare and mild punishment for misdemeanors. Every Saturday during the winter, an aunt conducted at her home a working group at which the young cousins, boys and girls, made
ACCEPTANCE BY DR. ETHEL C. DUNHAM1957 A.M.A. Journal of Diseases of Children
doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1957.04030050014003
Abstract Dr. Darrow, Dr. Gordon, and other members of the American Pediatric Society, I am sure that you appreciate the humility with which I accept the Howland Award. My indebtedness is very great to Dr. Howland, who aroused my initial interest in pediatrics in my student days and deepened it during my service as an intern on his staff at the Harriet Lane Hospital in Baltimore. Now, with a retrospect of nearly forty years, I shall not dwell on the past but will, in my current role of a library researcher, present some evidence of what I hope you will regard as a look into the future. What can we do to further the knowledge of the problems of premature birth? There are, of course, many pediatricians who are now involved in this area of research, as witness the ever-growing volume of reports in the medical literature. Yet, as I have References 1. Barrett, C. L.: An Australian Animal Book , Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1947. 2. Bollinger, A., and Pascoe, J. V.: Composition of Kangaroo Milk , Australian J. Sc. 15:215, 1953. 3. Buffon, G. L. L.: Histoire naturelle , générale et particulière, Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1763, Vol. 10. 4. Coghill, G. E.: Studies on Rearing the Opossum (Didelphis Virginiana) , Ohio J. Sc. 39:239, 1939. 5. Hartman, C. G.: Studies in the Development of the Opossum (Didelphis Virginiana): V. The Phenomena of Parturition , Anat. Rec. 19:251, 1920.Crossref 6. Hartman, C. G.: The Breeding Season of the Opossum (Didelphis Virginiana) and the Rate of Intra-Uterine and Postnatal Development , J. Morphol. 46:143, 1928.Crossref 7. Hartman, C. G.: Possums , Austin, Texas, University of Texas Press, 1952. 8. Heuser, C. H.: The Early Establishment of the Intestinal Nutrition in the Opossum: The Digestive System Just Before and Soon After Birth , Am. J. Anat. 28:341, 1920-1921.Crossref 9. Matthew, W. D.: A Marsupial from the Belly River Cretaceous, with Critical Observations upon the Affinities of the Cretaceous Mammals , Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 35:477, 1916. 10. McCrady, E., Jr.: The Embryology of the Opossum , American Anatomical Memoirs, No. (16) , Philadelphia, Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, 1938. 11. Moore, C. R., and Bodian, D.: Opossum Pouch Young as Experimental Material , Anat. Rec. 76:319, 1940.Crossref 12. Reynolds, H. C.: Studies on Reproduction in the Opossum (Didelphis Virginiana Virginiana) . Univ. California Pub. Zool. 52:223, 1952. 13. Reynolds, H. C.: The Opossum , Scient. Am. 188: 88; 189:16, 1953.Crossref 14. Simpson, G. G.: The Meaning of Evolution , New Haven, Conn., Yale University Press, 1950. 15. Streeter, G. L.: Weight, Sitting Height, Head Size, Foot Length, and Menstrual Age of the Human Embryo , Contributions to Embryology, No. (55) , Washington, D. C., Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1920. 16. Troughton, E.: Furred Animals of Australia , New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947.
News and Comment1957 A.M.A. Journal of Diseases of Children
doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1957.04030050105006
This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract ANNOUNCEMENTS Postgraduate Course in Contagious and Communicable Diseases.—The New York Medical College, Metropolitan Medical Center, announces a postgraduate course in the contagious and communicable diseases, under the direction of Harold Abramson, M.D., Professor of Clinical Pediatrics. The course will meet in thirty sessions, Nov. 6, 1957, to May 28, 1958, Wednesdays, 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. The fee is $300.00.The course will consist of practical bedside instruction; ward rounds; laboratory and clinical procedures; lectures and seminars covering basic epidemiologic principles and newer advancements in the diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and treatment of children and adults with contagious and communicable diseases of bacterial, rickcttsial, and viral origin. The course is designed for the pediatrician and the general practitioner.Application should be made to office of the Dean, New York Medical College, 5th Ave. at 106th St., New York 29.National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis Postdoctoral Fellowships.—Sept. 1
Patterns of Mothering.1957 A.M.A. Journal of Diseases of Children
doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1957.04030050109008
This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract That there continue to be major gaps in our knowledge of personality development is apparent with each new case of an emotionally disturbed child that presents itself. The increasing incidence of seriously disturbed children, wherein the behavior is so atypical as to suggest a diagnosis of psychosis, sharply points up the need for a better knowledge of such development. This book is a major and serious attempt to unravel a piece of this personality development. It is based on an infancy research project carried out at the Menninger Foundation between 1949 and 1950 under the direction of Drs. Sibylle Escalona and Mary E. Leitch. The essential material was drawn from a cross sectional examination of the behavior of 128 individual infants as observed in the care of their mothers for an approximately four-hour period by three investigators. Sixteen infants, eight boys and eight girls, were observed at monthly age levels
Diabetes Mellitus.1957 A.M.A. Journal of Diseases of Children
doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1957.04030050110009
This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract Those physicians who include juvenile diabetics among their charges will do well to have a copy of this book on their shelves. Dr. Danowski has drawn on his large personal experience in treating childhood diabetes and thorough understanding of the underlying metabolic defects in presenting an impressive compendium of facts. Since so many aspects of the pathogenesis and treatment of this disease are still controversial, the reader is briefly informed of the nature of the controversy and referred to an exhaustive bibliography. In general, the author has avoided extremes in his own recommendations, and his suggestions for therapy no doubt will find wide acceptance. The volume is essentially a source-book of information providing the answers to almost any question which may be posed by the physician or his patient. The subjects covered include intermediary metabolism, the relation of the endocrine glands to diabetes, and experimental diabetes. Thestandard tests of carbohydrate
Proceedings of The Third National Cancer Conference.1957 A.M.A. Journal of Diseases of Children
doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1957.04030050110010
This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract This book is a report on the conference consisting of six lectures and numerous symposia and panels on various types of cancer and various aspects. It is essentially a compilation of different persons' experiences in the treatment, diagnosis, and causation of cancer of different types. Although not in detail, there is good expression of each person's ideas and work. It gives the worker in the field the varied opinions of good researchers and clinical workers. It will enable the practitioner to appreciate the many differences of opinion, but it is not meant to be a textbook or a complete discussion of any one subject. The subjects covered are cancer of the breast, prostate, lung, head and neck, female genital tract, and gastrointestinal tract; the lymphomas and leukemias; chemotherapy in cancer; end-results in the treatment of cancer, and lectures on epidemiology, radiation neoplasia, virus etiology, chemical effects of growing tumors, the