Quote#Children
19. Weak backs, pains in the limbs and stiffness of the joints, in…
Quote byJohn Harvey Kellogg · 1852–1943
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Plain Facts For Old and Young, pp. 339-340.
English (original)
19. Weak backs, pains in the limbs and stiffness of the joints, in children, are familiar signs of the habit. To the first of these conditions is due to the habitual stooping posture assumed by these children. The habit referred to is not the only cause of these conditions, but its causative occurrence is sufficiently frequent yo give it no small importance a suspicious indication.
— John Harvey Kellogg
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