The Jewish child : its history, folklore, biology, & sociology / by W.M. Feldman ; with an introduction by Sir James Crichton-Browne.

  • Feldman, W. M. (William Moses), 1879-1939.
Date:
1917
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Credit: The Jewish child : its history, folklore, biology, & sociology / by W.M. Feldman ; with an introduction by Sir James Crichton-Browne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Contents xix CHAPTER XXI THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PAGES Athletics and physical exercises in Biblical times—^Hunting, wrestling, running, archery, swimming—^Athletics in time of Antiochus Epiphanes and Talmudical times—Circuses, swimming, juggling, lifting weights, ball-playing, etc.— Athletics in Middle Ages and modern times - - 357-361 CHAPTER XXII THE CHILD IN JEWISH LAW The foetus in criminal and civil law—Primogeniture—^Age of majority—Three stages in legal life of a girl: (a) Ketanah ; (6) na'arah; (c) bogereth—Transaction of minors—Testi¬ mony—^Adult stage, with its accompanying legal and religious responsibilities - - - - 362-367 CHAPTER XXIII THE PATHOLOGY OP ГНЕ JEWISH CHILD Difficulty of rearing children—Common ailments of children in Talmudical times—Causes of- disease: {a) God's punish¬ ment; (Ò) certain kinds of waters; (c) blood; (d) thermal agencies; (e) infection; (f) evil-eye; (g) heredity—General treatment—Vis medicatrix naturœ—Change of name— Isolation and disinfection—Other therapeutic means and surgical treatment—The use of vaccines and sera from the Jewish point of view—Some of the diseases of childhood— Aseara—Tonsillitis—Scurvy, smallpox, etc.—Their pre¬ vention and treatment—The morbidity of the modern Jewish child—Statistics—General discussion—Relati ve fre¬ quency and mortality- - - - 368-387 CHAPTER XXIV THE CARE OF AFFLICTED CHILDREN Blind, deaf-mutes, and epileptics, in ancient and modern times— Relative frequency—Care of orphans - - 388-401