Adenoids and Diseased Tonsils: Their Effect on General Intelligence by Rogers
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"Adenoids and Diseased Tonsils: Their Effect on General Intelligence" by Margaret Cobb Rogers is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work explores the relationship between physical conditions, specifically adenoids and diseased tonsils, and the intelligence levels of children. The text aims to provide empirical evidence regarding whether these physical afflictions affect cognitive abilities in children, an area that has seen limited experimental research. The beginning of the book
introduces the purpose of the study, which is to investigate the causal relationship between adenoids and diseased tonsils and lowered intelligence levels in children. It notes the medical community's growing interest in these common childhood ailments and emphasizes the need for experimental proof rather than anecdotal evidence. Rogers outlines the study's methodology, which includes a statistical analysis and a structured approach to testing children's intelligence before and after surgical intervention for their physical defects, setting the stage for a broader examination of the findings in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Rogers, Margaret Cobb, 1895- |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 23005445 |
| Title | Adenoids and Diseased Tonsils: Their Effect on General Intelligence |
| Credits |
Produced by Bryan Ness, Hazel Batey and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 70.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | RF: Medicine: Otorhinolaryngology |
| Subject | Nasopharynx -- Adenoid vegetations |
| Subject | Tonsils -- Diseases |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 38676 |
| Release Date | Jan 26, 2012 |
| Last Update | Jan 25, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 405 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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