Excerpt from The American Journal of Psychology, Vol. 12: October, 1900It is indeed strange that this erect attitude of the human body, which conjoins with it the discharge of the highest faculties of man, has not been heretofore a subject of more ex tended investigation.It is the purpose of this study to trace the various stages and attitudes assumed by the infant and the movements which it employs in passing from this helpless stage of infancy to the time when the straightness and uprightness of body is taken. The data upon which this study is based, has been carefully selected from Medical Journals, Hospital Reports, and from the returns of a syllabus on the Straightness and Uprightness of Body. These returns have been the direct observations of in dividual cases and the writer has sought to verify the results by personal observations.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.