Examination of the Preschool Child

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EXAMINATION of the preschool child by the private physician can serve a variety of purposes. First of all, it is clear that straightforward medical problems are common at this age — a conservative study of first-grade children in Rochester, New York, detected adverse conditions in 20 per cent, and these did not include dental, eye or hearing problems.1 Secondly, the examination also enables the physician to establish or deepen a relation with the child and his family, a fact of obvious importance both in effecting therapy for existing problems and in anticipating future difficulty. The Rochester study further revealed that . . .

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