PEDIATRICS Vol. 47 No. 6 June 1971, pp. 1074
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BOOK OF ACCIDENTS

Excerpt XII: Tumbling Down Stairs

Thomas E. Cone Jr. M.D.

Children still tumble down stairs just as did the little girl of 1830 in the illustration below.1 But have contemporary children learned the lesson contained in the last line of this illustration?

In 1830 parents taught their children that God demanded of them absolute obedience to parental commands. This was a period of no "ifs" or "buts."2