03.06.2024 - A. Montagu and skin / Newton, Levine and apathy / R. Spitz, Bakwin and home children etc.

 

dali48 and meditating after grammar school and photographing near river Kocher in SHA in the 60s

08.03.1995 - Interpretation of dali48

That infants who do not receive breast milk are more likely to suffer from respiratory problems, diarrhea, eczema and asthma... - So, for example a child who is not sufficiently touched and petted - or treated roughly - has skin conditions ... (A. Montagu)

For example, isolated dogs were unable to respond to pain normally... - The same apathy has been described by Bowlby in his classic homeschooling research... - It is extremely painful when early needs are not satisfied or neglected. - For reasons of self-protection, the body system makes the body insensitive to this pain... - Later, a considerable amount of stimulation is needed to penetrate the protective barrier... (Newton / Levine)

For home children (see also in premature births, etc. - d.48) a greater susceptibility to eczema was ascertained... - also allergic skin reactions and skin diseases... - and a higher susceptibility rate for eczema and respiratory diseases... (Spitz / Bakwin)
René Spitz - Wikipedia

René Árpád Spitz was an Austrian-American psychoanalyst. He is best known for his analysis of hospitalized infants in which he found links between marasmus ...

Died‎: ‎September 11, 1974 (aged 87); Denver, ...

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