RT Journal T1 COmmon happenings in childhood JF Journal of the American Medical Association JO Journal of the American Medical Association YR 1939 FD August 26 VO 113 IS 9 SP 882 OP 882 DO 10.1001/jama.1939.02800340152033 UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1939.02800340152033 AB A pediatrician of standing, widely recognized as the best type of family practitioner, contributes here his views on crying, laughing, temper, tiredness, appetite, fears and antipathies, sleep and school. He tells his story with numerous references to actual cases, to history, to literature and to life. His is the wisdom of years of practice, and as a result this is one of the most sensible books available on the subjects that it concerns.