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...general impression," said Dr. Fairfield, "recorded for what it is worth, is that these young girls take the ordeal very well. . . . The case records showed not a single reference to unusual anxiety, depression or nervous instability during pregnancy, labor or the puerperium [period of confinement...
Doctors have long believed that pregnancy and confinement in adolescent girls may stunt their growth, cripple their pelvic organs, even affect their sanity. Several years ago Dr. Letitia Fairfield of London, a noted surgeon and sister of famed Novelist Rebecca West, set out to see how the facts fitted this belief. She visited London charity hospitals, examined 74 mothers between the ages...
Last week in the Lancet Dr. Fairfield wrote her findings. So startling were they that she felt obliged to say she was no advocate of early motherhood but was "merely stating the facts.'' Observations...
...Herald rounded up some wartime Catholic views. Eric Gill, scraggle-bearded author-artist who wears a monk's gown, urged a quick peace, arguing that the Allied war aims are: continuation of Versailles policies, contraceptive control of the German population, making the world safe for Big Business. Letitia Fairfield, sister of Novelist Rebecca West: "The Catholic press will cut no ice morally so long as they make persecutions of the church the test of right and wrong in international affairs." Author George Glasgow: "Stemming atheistic bolshevism and bringing Europe back to Almighty God will not be achieved by this...
...John Fairfield Sly, now chairman of the Princeton Local Government Survey, will be a special lecturer in the Government Department during the second half year, it was authoritatively learned yesterday...