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A nonmedical person who treats diseases through manipulation of the spinal column chiropractic. A practitioner of chiropractic, a system of mechanical therapeutics based on the principles that the nervous system largely determines the state of health, and that disease results from abnormal nerve function and conformity. Treatment consists primarily of the adjustment or manipulation of…

Generally, an archaic term referring to a nonmedical person who specializes in the minor disorders of the foot. An obsolete term for podiatrist. A practitioner specializing in the care and treatment of corns, bunions, and nail disorders affecting the hands and feet.  

In first aid, and emergency care, a strap used to fasten a victim of an injury by the head to a spineboard.  

The nineteenth century scientific movement that promoted the collection of normative data on the growth and development of children.  

The failure of’ parents, guardians, or caretakers to provide a child with the basic necessities of life—food, sanitary environment, clothing, and the like when they can afford to do so child abuse. Failure of parents or others entrusted with the care of the child to provide adequate physical and emotional care, so that the child’s…

A diagnosis that is replaced by childhood onset pervasive developmental disorder. Childhood schizophrenia is a syndrome with psychotic features that may include auditory and visual hallucinations, delusions, disorganized and incoherent speech, disorganized or catatonic behavior, flat affect, and loss of interest in current activities (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 1994). The characteristics of childhood schizophrenia mimic…

A disorder of children older than 30 months but younger than 12 years who indicate little empathy or emotional responsiveness to their peers, who cling to their parents, take particular postures or make stereotyped movements, resist any change, have sudden anxieties and unexplained rages, and may occasionally be self- injurious. (This terminology replaces earlier diagnosis…

The United States set certain objectives for the improvement of child health by the year 1990. Categorically, these objectives included the following: (a) improved health status, (b) reduction in risk factors, (c) increased public and professional awareness, (d) improved services and health protection, (e) and improved surveillance and evaluation systems, Healthy People 2010.