Medical men discuss punishment

In 1922, ‘medical men’ and school teachers discussed the dangers of corporal punishment, including the benefits of the leather tawse over the cane and whether the cane should be used on the hand or on the part of the body ‘that nature intended’.

As published in the Press (New Zealand), 5 May 1921

Picture credit: BBC

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