Transcriber’s Note Italic text displayed as: _italic_ Bold text displayed as: =bold= [Illustration: J H Craven (signature)] A TEXT-BOOK ON HYGIENE AND PEDIATRICS _From a Chiropractic Standpoint_ BY JOHN H. CRAVEN, D.C., Ph.C. DEPARTMENT OF HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY, DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPEDY, THE PALMER SCHOOL OF CHIROPRACTIC, DAVENPORT, IOWA FIRST EDITION 1924 PUBLISHED BY JOHN H. CRAVEN DAVENPORT, IOWA U. S. A. COPYRIGHT 1924, BY JOHN H. CRAVEN, D.C., Ph.C. DAVENPORT, IOWA _Printed in the United States of America_ HAMMOND PRESS W. B. CONKEY COMPANY CHICAGO DEDICATION In grateful recognition of his wise counsel and valuable aid in the production of this work, in sincere appreciation of the firm principle for which he has ever stood even in the face of almost overwhelming opposition and many times alone save for the few who understood him, and because of the love I bear him for having saved the life of my son, I count it a privilege as well as a very great pleasure to dedicate this book to B. J. Palmer, D.C., Ph. C., scientist, philosopher, author, but best of all just my plain, frank, candid friend, B. J. of Davenport. JOHN H. CRAVEN PREFACE More than ten years ago when I began teaching hygiene in the Palmer School of Chiropractic, I realized the need of a text-book that would deal with this subject from a chiropractic standpoint. Many points maintained by hygienists are not in accord with the teaching of Chiropractic, since they are proven untrue by our philosophy. For this reason much subject matter in such text-books was of no value to our students; hence the necessity for a chiropractic hygiene text. It has been no easy task to prepare this subject matter in view of the conflicting teachings and ideas pertaining to the various phases of hygiene, but the principles of Chiropractic are in no way compromised and the student, from a casual perusal of any one particular phase of the subject, should not draw conclusions that any medical theories of dis-ease are being tolerated. An effort has been made to include only that part of hygiene pertaining to our science. Since sanitation pertains especially to the environment, the approach to its study is the same regardless of the viewpoint from which it is considered. Section II, dealing with the care of the infant and the adjusting of children, has been written in response to the hundreds of inquiries which have come in from the practicing chiropractors in the field requesting such a work. This is not intended as an exhaustive study in the care of the infant; its purpose is merely to give a general understanding to those who are interested in adjusting babies. The technic used in adjusting children is of great importance and is so considered.