LONG STOCKINGS FOR CHILDREN.
Twenty-four per cent, of chronic invalidism is due to rheumatism in children, declared Dr. It. »'• Light.vood, hi England recent Iv. He urged that parents should sec tluit their children's knees were covered. Ho said, " I would like to see children with rheumatic tendencies wearing long stockings to keep their knees warm,"and then a pair of socks over those stockings, and hoots over those instead ot shoes, for f believe rheumatic pams are often'caused through coldness in the extremities."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20300, 6 July 1929, Page 7 (Supplement)
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82LONG STOCKINGS FOR CHILDREN. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20300, 6 July 1929, Page 7 (Supplement)
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