Abstract
The letters in Pediatrics by Dr. Harry Bloch (Pediatrics, 37:856, 1966) and Dr. Isaacson (Pediatrics, 38:523, 1966) certainly express the feelings of many physicians, particularly pediatricians who have been interested in the problem of child abuse and neglect. The term "battered child," as coined by Kempe (J.A.M.A., 181:17, 1962), has surely served its purpose by bringing this all-important disease entity to the attention of the physician. Prior to his report the medical literature failed to give proper attention and recognition to the fact that children were being maltreated and battered by their own parents.
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