Methods for Research in Human Growth

In his admirable Foreword to this book, Professor Ashley Weech describes how he would reply, somewhat nettled, to those remarking that growth investigators had first to chart normal seas before paediatricians could spot the abnormal. His laudable reply was that doctors must describe what must be con...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 1959-07, Vol.24 (1), p.152-152
Main Author: FALKNER, FRANK
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:In his admirable Foreword to this book, Professor Ashley Weech describes how he would reply, somewhat nettled, to those remarking that growth investigators had first to chart normal seas before paediatricians could spot the abnormal. His laudable reply was that doctors must describe what must be considered abnormal. He goes on to say what a pleasure it is in this volume to find a joining of minds. Indeed there has been. The authors state, in an excellent introduction that each chapter could be expanded into a separate monograph but that the book is expressly modest. It is noteworthy that in spite of truly voluminous data collected and published on growth and development in the past, rarely has method been described, critically, educationally, or in detail.
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.24.1.152