"Progress in Pediatrics"
Journal article
By: Philip Van Ingen
Date: September 1915
Source: Van Ingen, Philip. "Progress in Pediatrics: Recent Progress in Infant Welfare Work." American Journal of Diseases of Children 10, September 1915, 212, 213–214, 219.
About the Author: Philip Van Ingen, M.D. (1875–1953), was one of the nation's outstanding practicing pediatricians. He maintained a lifelong interest in promoting science-based education among parents so as to enable them to appreciate better the medical and nutritional needs of their children. He played a major role in promoting and popularizing the childhood health movement.
Introduction
The early years of the twentieth century witnessed a dramatic growth in government power throughout the United States that featured extensive state involvement in many areas of life that had previously been considered strictly private...
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