The health of the runabout child

Dr. Lucas has expressed in a manner intelligible to the layman, and instructive both to the layman and to the medical reader, the management of the child between the period of infancy and the school age. "The journey from mother's lap to the school gate," as he calls it, is likely to be neglected from the standpoint of health and education. The burden is frequently shifted to the teacher later. To awaken interest in educating and supervising children during the preschool period, which is usually taken for granted, is Dr. Lucas' purpose. He discusses diets in detail, illustrating with a series of meals for every day in the week for various ages. Equally clearly and definitely he describes bodily growth and development, detailing the weight, height, brain, head, teeth, muscles, bones, heart, pulse rate, chest, lungs, respiration and abdomen. In a like manner the mental phase is discussed with emphasis.