CONTENTS 

 Introduction by J. Edgar Belville, M.D 11 



Chapter I 



The Physical Examination 



Carriage — Stoop Shoulders — Other Defects — 

 Flat-foot — Causes of Defects. Facial Char- 

 acteristics — Nose — Mouth — Adenoids — 

 Enlarged Tonsils — Eyes — Strain — Causes 

 of Defects — Procedure. The Hands — 

 Indications — Causes — Procedure. Nervous 

 Affections — Stuttering and Stammering — 

 Chorea — Hysteria, Epilepsy 15 



Chapter II 

 Anthropometry 



Beginnings of Anthropometry — Diirer — Schadow 

 — Quetelet — Bowditch — Galton — Hitch- 

 cock — Hastings — Crampton. Inadequacy of 

 Old Methods — Slender, Medium and Heavy 

 Types — Height- Weight Standard — Applica- 

 tion to Children from Standpoint of Psychol- 

 ogy — School Competition — Methods — 



Value — Results 41 



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