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WS Pediatrics
	Classify works on diseases of specific body systems in children in WS 260-368. Classify works on anatomy and physiology of the child in QS or QT. Classify pediatric works on topics other than body systems per se with the topic, e.g., surgery of the child in WO 925. Classify works on specific diseases with the disease, e.g., pneumonia in infants in WC 202; schizophrenia in childhood in WM 203, etc. Classify works on diseases limited to the newborn in WS 421. Classify diseases limited to the premature infant in WS 410.
	WS 1-100 Reference Works. General Works
	WS 103-105 Growth and Development
	WS 107-110 Mental Retardation. Learning Disorders
	WS 113-141 Child Care. Nutrition. Physical Examination
	WS 200-342 Diseases of Children and Adolescents
	WS 200-205 General Diseases
	WS 260-342 By System
	WS 350-350.8 Child Psychology. Child Psychiatry
	WS 360-368 Pediatric Specialties
	WS 405-460 By Age Groups
	WS 462-463 Adolescent Psychology. Adolescent Psychiatry
	Reference Works. General Works

WS 1	Societies (Cutter from name of society) (Used for both monographs and serials)
	Includes ephemeral membership lists issued serially or separately. Classify substantial lists with directories. Classify annual reports, journal, etc., in W1.
	Collected works (General)
WS 5	By several authors
WS 7	By individual authors

WS 9	Addresses. Essays. Lectures (General)

WS 11	History (Table G)
WS 11.1	General coverage (Not Table G)

WS 13	Dictionaries. Encyclopedias (Used for both monographs and serials)

WS 15	Classification. Terminology (Used for both monographs and serials)

WS 16	Growth tables. Statistics. (Used for both monographs and serials)
	Classify here tables on development, height, weight, and nutrition. Classify here infant and child mortality statistics without causes of death. Classify statistics including causes of death in WA 900.

WS 17	Atlases. Pictorial works
	Cf. QZ 17 for tissue pathology of disease.

WS 18	Education
	Classify here works about education.

WS 18.2	Educational materials (Used for both monographs and serials)
	Classify here educational materials, e.g., outlines, questions and answers, programmed instruction, catalogs, computer-assisted instruction, etc., regardless of format. Classify textbooks, regardless of format, by subject.

WS 19	Schools, departments, and faculties of pediatrics (Used for both monographs and serials)

WS 20	Research (General)
	Classify here works about research in general. Classify works about research on a particular subject by subject.

WS 21	Pediatrics as a profession. Ethics. Peer review

WS 22	Directories (Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)
WS 22.1	General coverage (Not Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)
	Institutes
	Classify here also works on organizations which provide public or private services for disabled children which include medical, nursing and hygienic aspects, rehabilitation, etc. Cf. WA 320 for public health aspects.
WS 23	Collective (Table G)
WS 23.1	General coverage (Not Table G)
WS 24	Individual (Table G)

WS 25	Laboratory manuals. Technique

WS 26	Equipment and supplies (e.g., Eating utensils for spastic children)
	Classify catalogs in W 26.

WS 26.5	Informatics. Automatic data processing. Computers (General)
	Classify works on use for special subjects by subject.
	Hospitals, dispensaries, etc. (including psychiatric hospitals for children)
	Classify here works on psychiatric hospitals for children only. Classify works on community mental health services for children in WM 30.
WS 27	Collective (Table G)
WS 27.1	General coverage (Not Table G)
WS 28	Individual (Cutter from name of hospital) (Table G)
	Museums, exhibitions, etc.
WS 28.5	Collective
WS 28.6	Individual (Cutter from name of museum, etc.)

WS 29	Hospital staff manuals

WS 32	Laws (Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)
WS 32.1	General coverage (Not Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)
WS 33	Discussion of law (Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)
WS 33.1	General coverage (Not Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)

WS 39	Handbooks. Resource guides (Used for both monographs and serials)

WS 100	General works
	Classify works on the specialty and on the specialty and diseases here. Classify works on diseases alone in WS 200.
	Growth and Development

WS 103	Normal physical growth and development
	For adolescents, see WS 460.

WS 104	Growth disorders. Failure to thrive

WS 105	Normal mental growth and development. Child psychology
	Classify works on psychophysiological aspects in WL, e.g., on physiology of sleep in WL 108; on laterality in WL 335; or with the system involved; on vision and visual perception in WW 103-105; on motor skills in WE 103-104.
WS 105.5	Special topics, A-Z
WS 105.5.A8	Attitudes and adjustments (to death, illness, divorce, etc.)
WS 105.5.C3	Child rearing (Psychological aspects)
	Classify general works including physiological problems with child care in WS 113.
WS 105.5.C7	Cognition. Fantasy. Imagination
WS 105.5.C8	Communication. Verbal behavior
WS 105.5.D2	Decision making. Logic. Thinking. Concept formation. Perception (Psychological)
	Classify works on neurophysiological perception and specific types of perception in WL 705 or with the organ involved.
WS 105.5.D3	Deprivation (economic, parental, etc.) and security
WS 105.5.D8	Dreams
WS 105.5.E5	Emotions. Frustrations, etc.
WS 105.5.E8	Evaluation of psychological development (General)
WS 105.5.E9	External influences (literature, motion pictures, television, war, etc.)
WS 105.5.F2	Family relations. Birth order. Only child. Twins. Parent-child relations. Father-child relations. Mother-child relations. Sibling relations, etc.
WS 105.5.H2	Disabled child (Psychological problems)
WS 105.5.H7	Hospitalized child
	Cf. WA 310-320 Maternal and child welfare.
WS 105.5.I5	Interpersonal relations (doctor, peer, stranger, etc.)
	Cf. WS 105.5.S6 Race relations. Classify works on interpersonal relations or mentally disabled child in WS 107.5.R4; dentist's relation to the child in WU 480; on nurse's relation to the child in WY 159.
WS 105.5.M2	Memory
WS 105.5.M3	Mental health
	Classify works on school mental health in WA 352.
WS 105.5.M4	Morals
WS 105.5.M5	Motivation
WS 105.5.P3	Personality development
WS 105.5.P5	Play and Playthings
WS 105.5.S3	Self
WS 105.5.S4	Sexual behavior
WS 105.5.S6	Social behavior. Social problems. Race relations
	Cf. WS 105.5.I5 Interpersonal relations.
	Mental Retardation. Learning Disorders

WS 107	Mentally disabled child. Down syndrome
	Classify works on psychiatric aspects in WS 350; on education of the mentally disabled in LC 4601-4640.4; on adult mental disability in WM 300.
WS 107.5	Special topics when related to the mentally disabled child, A-Z
WS 107.5.B4	Biochemistry. Genetics
WS 107.5.C2	Case reports. Biographical accounts
WS 107.5.C6	Communication
WS 107.5.D3	Development. Prognosis
WS 107.5.F6	Foster home care
WS 107.5.I4	Institutionalization
	Cf. WS 27-28 Hospitals; WS 105.5.H7 Hospitalized child (General).
WS 107.5.P7	Psychomotor disorders
WS 107.5.P8	Psychosocial problems
WS 107.5.R3	Rehabilitation and training (General)
WS 107.5.R4	Relations with doctor, nurse, etc.
WS 107.5.R5	Relations with family. Family adjustment

WS 110	Learning disorders (physical, mental, and neurologic)
	Classify works on specific disorders in appropriate numbers, e.g., Aphasia WL 340.5. Classify works for the educator in LC 4704.
	Child Care. Nutrition. Physical Examination

WS 113	Care and training
	Cf. WS 105.5.C3 for psychological aspects.

WS 115	Nutritional requirements. Nutrition disorders
	Classify here general works on nutritional requirements and disorders of children covering the full age range from birth through adolescence, and on adolescents alone. Classify works on Infants alone in WS 120-125, and on children ages 2-12 WS 130.
WS 120	In infancy
WS 125	Breast feeding
WS 130	In childhood

WS 135	Prophylactic immunizations

WS 141	Physical examination. Diagnosis. Mass screening. Monitoring
	Classify works on examination and diagnosis of specific age groups in WS 405-460.
	Diseases of Children and Adolescents
	Classify works on communicable diseases of children, not associated with a system, in the WC schedule. General Diseases

WS 200	General works

WS 205	Pediatric emergencies
	By System
	In the numbers for each system, include general works on diseases of the system as a whole, or the organs of the system. Classify works on surgery of a single organ here, i.e., Gastrectomy in WS 310. Classify general works on surgery of a system with the system, e.g., Neurosurgical Procedures in WL 368, unless otherwise specified. Classify works on particular diseases with the disease except for the three disease numbers in WS 312, WS 322, and WS 342.

WS 260	Skin

WS 270	Musculoskeletal system

WS 280	Respiratory system

WS 290	Cardiovascular system

WS 300	Hemic and lymphatic system

WS 310	Digestive system
WS 312	Diarrheal disorders

WS 320	Urogenital system
WS 322	Enuresis

WS 330	Endocrine system

WS 340	Nervous system
WS 342	Cerebral palsy
	Child Psychology. Child Psychiatry

WS 350	Child psychiatry. Child guidance. Psychoses (General)
	Cf. WS 107 The retarded child. Classify works on specific disorders in WM.
WS 350.2	Therapy
	Classify therapy of a particular disorder with the disorder.
WS 350.5	Psychoanalytic therapy
WS 350.6	Behavior disorders. Development disorders. Neurotic disorders (General)
	Classify works on particular neurotic disorders in WM 171-197.
WS 350.8	Special topics in child psychiatry, A-Z
WS 350.8.A4	Aggression. Violence. Dangerous behavior
WS 350.8.A8	Attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity
WS 350.8.D2	Deception
WS 350.8.D3	Defense mechanisms
WS 350.8.H9	Hyperkinesis
WS 350.8.I3	Identity crisis
WS 350.8.I4	Inhibition
WS 350.8.P3	Personality disorders
WS 350.8.R9	Runaway behavior
WS 350.8.S6	Social behavior disorders
	Classify works on aggression in WS 350.8.A4.
	Pediatric Specialties

WS 360	Pediatric gynecology (General)

WS 366	Pediatric therapeutics (General)

WS 368	Rehabilitation of disabled children
	By Age Groups

WS 405	Birth injuries

WS 410	Premature infants. Diseases of premature infants
	Classify specific diseases with the disease except those of the premature infants only.

WS 420	Newborn infants. Neonatology

WS 421	Diseases of newborn infants
	Classify specific diseases with the disease except those of the newborn only.

WS 430	Infancy

WS 440	Preschool child

WS 450	Puberty

WS 460	Adolescence (General)
	Adolescent Psychology. Adolescent Psychiatry

WS 462	Adolescent psychology. Adolescent behavior

WS 463	Adolescent mental disorders. Psychotherapy. Psychoanalysis. Psychoses.
	Classify specific mental disorders with the disorder in WM.