v ^±J .(/ PUBLICATIONS OF THE TRAINING SCHOOL AT V1NELAND NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH RECORD OF INDIVIDUAL GROWTH A GUIDE TO PARENTS, PHYSICIANS AND TEACHERS BY DR. PAUL GODIN TRANSLATED BY CARROLL T. JONES j=-\^r- --to 'ii /At/ oEVOTCo '''$b\ ij*/ TO THE \6\ 2%: INTERESTS OF 1* 5 £>: THOSE WHOSE :* 4 ',. -K\ MINDS HAVE NOT >*? i &. OEVELOPEO -kti NO. 9-MARCH 1916 RECORD OF INDIVIDUAL GROWTH A GUIDE TO PARENTS, PHYSICIANS AND TEACHERS DR. PAUL. GODIN LAUREAT OF THE INSTITUTE. THE ACADEMY OF MEDICINE. AND THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PARIS. PROFESSOR IN THE SCHOOL- OF THE SCIENCE OF EDUCATION (INSTITUTE J. J. ROUSSEAU) AT GENEVA. TRANSLATED BY CARROLL T. JONES FELLOW, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY RESEARCH ASSISTANT. THE TRAINING SCHOOL AT VINELAND, N. J. V © G* G Jntrnimrtinn The author claims for his Guide that it is indispensible for the proper care of the health, physical development, and education of the child. It furnishes physicians, teachers and parents a complete record of the individual child's growth and development year by year, which should constitute the basis of the preventive measures, the rules of hygiene, and the principles of education and life best adapted to his indi- viduality. For the detailed method of obtaining and interpreting the data called for by the Record the recorder will find the author's numerous books and articles on the subject of growth invaluable aids. The author's La Croissance pendant V Age Scolaire (Growth during School Age) and his he Medecin, V Enfant, et la Famille (The Physician, the Child, and the Family) are especially recommended. This record guide satisfies a real need in the mental and physical study of children. It should stimulate parents to a better understanding of their children's natures and tendencies, and the mental and physical causes of behavior. It should encourage teachers to relate the materials and methods of in- struction to the individual needs, with due regard for mental and physical hygiene. It should give the physician those all- important data of personal and family history without which he cannot hope to realize his highest function. Only by such systematically obtained records can eugenics ever hope to establish itself upon an exact and scientific basis. It is to be hoped that laboratories, clinics and institutions will encourage the extensive use of these records in families, schools and custodial and corrective homes. In particular the Record affords a systematic method for the study and treatment of normal and supernormal children. 416138 4 INDIVIDUAL GROWTH Full name T>ate of birth Nationality Place of residence (country) Occupation of father — • Occupation of child Stature of father Age of father Physiological characteristics inherited from father Physiological characteristics inherited from mother Hereditary tendencies to disease in father's family Hereditary tendencies to disease in mother's family Facts of child's early life ____ (falls, blows, accidents, diseases) Malformations Observations {feeding at breast; right or left-handed etc.) (1) See the instructions in regard to this "Record," in the following works: for the teacher— La Croissance pendant L'Age Scolaire in the Collection Actualites pedago- giques, Neuchatel, Delachaux et Niestle, edit. 1913; and for the physician— he Medecin, V Enfant, et la Famille, Paris, Maloine, editeur, 1913. 5 Notes (i) of the Teacher and Physician Place of birth Now living in country or city Of the mother. Of the mother. Of the mother. INDIVIDUAL GROWTH Date of Observation Weight Sitting height (on a seat 12 in. high) Standing height . . . Height of opening of ear chin . . . " top of sternum " xiphoid point navel . . . " symphysis pubis " greater trochanter knee . . ankle . . shoulder . elbow . . " wrist joint " middle finger Bi-acromial diameter . Anterior-posterior thoracic diameter .... Transverse thoracic diameter (chest not expanded) Transverse thoracic diameter (chest expanded) Diameter of body at hips " arms (just above elbow) Notes (i) of the Teacher and Physician. \ sician 16 INDIVIDUAL GROWTH Color of hair " " eyes Change of voice .... General strength (wrestling, dumb-bells) . . . . General strength (bv the dynamometer) . . . Agility Standing broad jump ... . r Index for physical fatigue — (5) As e Temperament E (4) Humor on waking H (5) . . . Deportment Attention Intelligence I Memory m r Index of mental fatigue —(3) Ac e S (length of lower limbs) B (sitting height) C (cranial volume) V (volume of trunk) used as an indexof volume of vital organs O (sum of the lengths of the upper and lower limbs) (3) In minutes, r=time of rest necessary for recuperation, e=time of exertion. (4) Energy shown in action; 1, very little energy; moderate amount of energy; 5, very great energy. (5) Bright, 4; very bright, 5; indifferent, 3; depressed, 2; very much depressed, 1. As-somatic activity. Ac -cerebral activity. 17 Notes of the Teacher and Physician a>. Date Age S B C V 18 INDIVIDUAL FORMULA Age of — pub- M R E H I V erty m As Ac D<6) M=difference between maximal and minimal circumferences of fore-arm (used as an index of muscular development.) R=thoracic diameter expanded, divided by thoracic diameter normal. 19 INDIVIDUAL FORMULA Date Age — B Age O o! — pub- M V erty R E H I mAsAc D 24 INDIVIDUAL GROWTH Date of Observation Keenness of vision . . . " " hearing . . . Digestive organs (teeth) Respiratory organs . . . Circulatory system . . . Genito -urinary organs . . Organs of locomotion . . Nervous system .... facility in moving . . reflexes ...... sensibility sense organs .... vaso-motor condition sudoral condition . . trophic condition . . . intelligence .... Skin Nutrition Diatheses 25 Clinical Notes of the Phys iician (7). 26 INDIVIDUAL GROWTH Chemical characteristics of the sputum {Albumin reaction, etc.) Microscopic characteristics Characteristics of the blood chemical .... Characteristics of the blood biological .... Characteristics of the urine and other urological reports Abnormal elements Characteristics of the excreta (physical, chemical, microscopic) Tuberculin reaction . . Wassermann reaction . Vaccinated for small pox " diphtheria " typhoid . " " rabies Organotherapy by {Effects) Anaphylaxis Characteristics of all illnesses Time confined in bed 27 Clinical Notes of the Physician (7). y * 28 HALF SILHOUETTES* Birth 6 mos. 1 yr. 1 1-2 yrs. •See figure 10 20 10 20 10 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 30 HALF SILHOUETTES* 4 yrs. 4 1-2 yrs. 8 yrs. 5 1-2 yrs. 20 10 20 10 ( ) 20 10 < ) 20 10 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 *See figure 20 10 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 • 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 "See figure u) 35 HALF SILHOUETTES 14 yrs. 14 1-2 yrs. 15 yrs. 15 1-2 yrs. 20 10 C 20 10 20 10 20 10 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 36 HALF SILHOUETTES* 16 yrs. 20 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 10 16 1-2 yrs. 20i 10 0~ 17 yrs. 20 10 17 1-2 yr«. 20 10 "See figure u) 37 HALF SILHOUETTES 18 yrs. 18 1-2 yrs. 19 yrs. 19 1-2 yrs. 20 10 20 10 20 10 2C > 10 190 180 170 160 150 • 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 38 HALF SILHOUETTES* 20 yrs. 20 1-2 yrs. 21 yrs. 21 1-2 yrs. 20 10 20 10 C > 20 10 20 10 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 *See figure 2C > 10 2( » 10 20 10 190 180 170 160 . 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 THIS BOOK IS DUE ON THE LAST DATE STAMPED BELOW AN INITIAL FINE OF 25 CENTS WILL BE ASSESSED FOR FAILURE TO RETURN THIS BOOK ON THE DATE DUE. 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