Adenoids and Diseased Tonsils: Their Effect on General Intelligence. Margaret Cobb Rogers

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066140953

      Table of Contents

       INTRODUCTION—PURPOSE

       ADENOIDS AND DISEASED TONSILS: THEIR EFFECT UPON GENERAL INTELLIGENCE

       CHAPTER I.

       PREVIOUS LITERATURE

       Concerning the Relation of Nose and Throat Defects to Intelligence

       3304 Children, 10-14 years, grades 1-8

       TABLE A

       Table showing where improvement begins.

       TABLE B

       Table showing how time of improvement of "operated cases" compares with improvement among children at random.

       CHAPTER II.

       METHOD AND PROCEDURE

       A Statistical Study

       A Study of Improvement After Treatment

       Selection of Cases

       The Tests

       CHAPTER III.

       DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS

       Statistical Study

       TABLE I

       STUDY OF IMPROVEMENT AFTER OPERATION

       TABLE II. RESULTS OF TESTS

       TABLE II. RESULTS (Continued)

       TABLE III

       Gain in weight, 6 months, 21 pairs

       TABLE IV

       Gain in Height—6 Months, 19 Pairs

       TABLE V

       Showing change in per cent over or underweight for height and age, 18 pairs.

       TABLE VI

       Gain in Grip—6 Months— 16 Pairs

       TABLE VII

       Gain in number of taps in one-half minute, 21 pairs—right hand

       TABLE VIII

       Decrease in fatigue in tapping—Difference in rates of second half minute over first half minute. Sixteen pairs

       TABLE IX

       Improvement in I.Q., 28 Pairs

       TABLE X

       Improvement in Performance of Healy Test, 24 Pairs

       TABLE XI

       Showing percentile ratings of the members of the two groups at the beginning and end of the six months' interval

       TABLE XI (Continued)

       Showing percentile ratings of the two groups at the beginning and end of the six months' interval

       TABLE XII

       Showing gains in percentile rating for I.Q., and for a total of all the tests with I.Q. weighted by being counted twice.

       TABLE XIII

       Showing improvement in various tests of operative group over and above such improvement in control group. Expressed in Terms of P. E.

       CHAPTER IV

       MEASUREMENT OF IMPROVEMENT AFTER A SECOND INTERVAL OF SIX MONTHS

       TABLE