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Died. Dr. John Howland, 53, head pediatrician of Johns Hopkins; at London, following operation...
...last paper of Dr. L. Emmett Holt, famed pediatrician* who died a few months ago (TIME, Jan. 28), appears in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. "The body," he said, "possesses a wonderful capacity for growth." It doubles in weight and practically in size in the first six months of life; doubles again by the end of the third year; again by the end of the tenth year and usually by the age of 16 has doubled for the fourth time. In children the tendency to growth added to natural tendency to recover hastens recovery...