Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-09-11
DRAINS OF CHILDREN.


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/ The brains of children ar. IL preseu.
I the subject ii anxious -tt.dg hy the dl-
I thOrities NJ the District lt columbia. Wlr
are trying in this WY 10 reach ~dtIsfJ.-
\ tory conclusions 1s In thr dIr IA WAlyA
! young loIkS ought w h'Llh w E' I.
Schp"L IL Is h'ElnhlhE, ,' pr lA'u-A,
{ th1t athouilhS mIt lrtA"I- u' CESS !
( tno .ir.y Tor tht nr4Ith 1Hi welfare "i
/ the Ill Lle ones, ana titlS ll'1 seems lIiu0-
I lDle when y II coASIdrrtd thtt infants III
! SIX years are competed w seek doom
IetIhlIlS az ii- PH'.l, t,S' Al tA' us
/ trlel n tolumolA And m Nyumn-. WINE
I mere pratueTs ul iour dTo allowed MN
/ tax ,.uN dh,dEt 'l GU. ,''l'.Ibl 'lt"!'"-
/ illltS III CohH'tll'ut, y lSS'iiSIA 4tH All
tE'i!' Y 'hti! idI t'I.9 DIX u'r'I'. lH LIltt
| teen othcf states nj the mon iht mn
/ mum axe M voluntary 4i -tAH.t u't H.
4 hLt years.
L-!Eht Is thrown upon 'IlI- !Lt'I'S.I! l~
SUBJECT bt = SiuaE ri ne CROWN ant &c
| TeI1lm ynt NJ 'hc nina oI-Ah n ghlIlreh
IN TINS me lhS most Important WORK ms
| httn zone ~ II y. y. johnston. "a us
unEWNAeu physician M NJ A@Llh-juA. Nh'
! cans atteht'n jp the tatt tnat inc hu-
man braln aualnS pr9ctcaIlE lts ld..
WeiIht Whrh thr lndlNldn4l HI onlN auAut
tlEhJ years 'I age. ~ hiIth lHt hfa.N
%rlEhs approximately. a n"uhd' RHL IL
uCNtlopn'Hl HI mn RAPID -hIi at .ht ti.I
CT the HTSJ year IL Woutd mp inc scales
az = pounds. a. louf years II mas
reached nearly three pounds, hul lr'm
tnat tim" on It's growth Is c"mpdFdtlN'}
SLOW. Attaining t. what Is t. az into
ana purposes llS luII Slzt ii tlAht Mil il~.
Ill does not dlitT apprtclahIF dIitf lNeiN"
years. and after iWentN-l"ur years II h--
GINS ~ dlmnlsh Slowly bot Strtaliy lA
| aVoirdupols.
These facts obviously have a very i'm
p0rtant bearing up1n Questions pf school
training 81 fIr ~ brain Development. IL.
concerned, the first eight wears are by
far tho most imuprtant M il rhjll'- Ufa
thr main Growth III thr organ talliul,
place during that period In is evident.
th.t TIE stature ATTAINED ey.ututIiv Inv
the mind depends largely iron thu rrr-
fectinD of brain growth during this epnrl
Dr. Johnston urges that education Guehf
Not III begin during thi- utripl NV NV. .i,i
growth. and that children thar are sen.
to school before they are eight years oI
a-e arc threatened with serious injury
Also. H.. contends that. in view If tho
flrts 1boy, stated regarlipr- brain da
vrInprcut Instruction during Anvil Hrsr
,-e4rs Shnl,'d MOI Ia, 10, .y.,rtinc ~ ~,
stini1Iltfnr Prerocity IiIpbt IN hn
cbarl-t5 fI1rt harTnnrr lnd hin, r,.tpral
The male brain a. 6irth is hna,.1ar inv,
the female brain Another interestint.
t9ct u that a cbilJ.s brain contains MARI.
water ara much Iess nrrya-tissI4 tb4Y.
an aduIt's At birtb mo hrain az nm in
FAINT contains eighty-ninc nar rent M Will
ter. whereas that Of an adult has trife
loss Than sayentv-n,a ,,er cont of yv3tar
III j vor1 tbp Cbildty br.in hoIGl 1,a,r.I,.
twenty Der cent more water nan thr
hrain Of tha admit Tn hr,in-ceiis do,-aI
III with Till growth III tba indi,-idlI,i thc
AVERAGE If them m1Iitinl,.in~ III siz. I'LL
abont ia tirnns v-Liin sn,,,n7 of tbaI,, IN
crease ,1 r1IIrh ets t.n tbnn=.nJ +irna-
Tho growth If tha brain ii dna however
not only to the increase of the cells in
siza NM ,Iso IN Ill. rnuItinIication iii -La
brain-caus Tha bippar tbn hmman hninr
tho more brain-ceIis he has "tber rims
bii,+- ,4i,1,, ,nd ti; it 'i' 49, t 'ti ,I
IT, .''N ri.iS Pnil'f H'a pLeh 1tuu-
No. Inrc,,i F i $3.50 e = l.! "llh lo7S'
create number III raiIs nj tbeir NM