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...Diaper-Age Schizoids. But there was something wrong with all of them: they were apathetic, withdrawn, happiest when left alone. They shrank from anything that disturbed their isolation: noises, moving objects, people, often even food. They had what Dr. Kanner calls "early infantile autism"; it is, he thinks, a diaper-age form of the mental disease called schizophrenia (split personality), which may develop before a child is a year old. How did they get that way? Dr. Kanner took a hard look at their parents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Frosted Children | 4/26/1948 | See Source »

...Birmingham, 21-year-old Mrs. Alec E. Fitzhugh said she strangled her three-year-old son with a diaper in order to collect $1,000 insurance to pay off three $50 loans and the $75 interest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Jan. 26, 1948 | 1/26/1948 | See Source »

...Manhattan, after extensive conferences among top stars, sponsors, advertising agency and network executives, the National Broadcasting Co. revised one of its oldest traditions. From now on, the word "diaper" may be used on NBC air-in a dry way, that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Busy Air, Dec. 8, 1947 | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

...Atlanta police, responding to pained protests, ordered a diaper laundry, to silence the musical horns on its trucks. The horns played Rock-a-bye Baby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Oct. 6, 1947 | 10/6/1947 | See Source »

...Washington, members of the National Institute of Diaper Services crowded into the Hotel Statler to witness a demonstration of the Darrah-fold, the newest method of solving the oldest problem of infant care. Their conclusion: the new technique, which applies five thicknesses of cloth where they are most needed, might revolutionize diaper-folding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Jul. 28, 1947 | 7/28/1947 | See Source »

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