Ontogenesis of Man: From Conception to Adulthood and to His Final Destination
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These events are important to the child, his parents, and the community. There is marked acceleration of growth known as the adolescence growth spurt, appearance of second sexual characters, and onset of menarche in girls. At puberty, sex dimorphism is made clear, like wider shoulders in males and larger hips in females. Different stages of puberty occur at different ages in different children, depending whether the child is early or late maturer, and the sequence in which they occur varies from one child to another. Some pass through the whole sequence of changes quite quickly while others take much longer to do so, but all are normal variations among healthy children. The problems of early and late maturation and chronological and physiological ages among children and its social impact are discussed. This period is the most crucial period of life, physical maturation is reached, internal conflicts flare up, adolescents feel a desire to abandon childhood security and become independent long before they are able to handle the complexities of life.
Many factors are involved before and after birth. Man is considered the product of the interaction between his genetic makeup and the environment in which he is born and lives. Secular trend toward increase in size and early maturation from generation to generation was discussed as well as the effects of modern technology and how it changed the way children live nowadays. Applicability of growth data in fields other than community child health like ergonomics, garment industry, and athletics was demonstrated. Brief description of the common growth disorders was given.
After adulthood comes elderhood. Signs of aging start to appear. End of independency and second childishness bring man to his final destination, which mark the end of a process of growth, which, since middle life, has been fighting a losing battle with the forces of degeneration. This is one that every living organism in our planet has experienced.
Nabil Louis Attallah
Nabil Louis Attallah, MD, PhD, is a professor of anatomy, embryology, and growth of children at the Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt. He studied and worked at the Department of Growth and Development, Institute of Child Health, University of London, under the immortal J. M. Tanner, the greatest pioneer of Human Growth of his time. The department is the leading center for research on human growth and development and attracting academics from around the world. For thirty-five distinguished years, Dr. Attallah has devoted his life in teaching, lecturing, and conducting research on growth of children and its applicability in child health and other fields in UK, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan. He was also a consultant to the USAID projects to improve maternal child health in Egypt and at Dahran Air Base Hospital. Dr. Attallah was the author of several published scientific papers and three books. He is a contributor to the great book Worldwide variation in human growth published by Cambridge University Press. He has been awarded a certificate of merit from the Sudanese Military High Command and Saudi Medical Forces.
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