Israeli immigrants from Iraq tie their infants into the Kurdistani cradle, a low wooden rocking bed, from birth until they are ready to walk. Movement is impossible. Is this a danger to children? What are the public health aspects of this custom?
A pediatrician tells the fascinating story of his search for an swers to these and related questions. It is a classic example of the impact of modern preventive medicine upon traditional child-rear ing customs.
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