Lectures to the Laity; WNYC : Dr. Milton J.E. Senn on the Art and Science of Growing Up
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Dr. Milton J.E. Senn lectures on "The Art and Science of Growing up In America". The program is broadcast from the auditorium of the New York Academy of Medicine. This episode features Dr. Milton J.E. Senn as he discusses the art and science of growing up. Dr. Harold B. Keyes, the chairman of the Lectures to the Laity committee introduces the presiding chairman of the evening, Dr. Sam Zachary Levine, Professor of Pediatrics at Cornell Medical College and Pediatrician in Chief of New York Hospital. Dr. Levine introduces the talk by discussing the importance of growth and development of children in pediatric medicine. Dr. Sen spends the lecture discussing the history of the parenting strategies and education of children in America and the shift towards believing that each child is their own individual person. He also comments on the current failings of the New York City Department of Health and the history of organized protections against cruelty towards children, social agencies for children, and other societal reforms. Lectures to the Laity, produced in cooperation with the New York Academy of Medicine, brings to the public timely and significant developments in diverse fields of medicine. The speakers describe in simple, yet professional terms, [intelligible] to laymen, their own and their colleagues' experiences in the study of health and the factors and conditions which affect the physical and functional problems that society faces. --1951 Peabody Awards entry form.
