It can be difficult to determine someone’s biological age, partially due to the role of genetics. Also, unlike chronological age, biological age is something that we can significantly influence.
There appears to be a few water stains on the photo Notes on back say, "Illustrating the importance of Physiological Age The Tall boy is younger in chronological (?) age than the short boy. Biological age looks at the speed at which your DNA and organs are aging. Surely you know that young person who acts old or that older person who seems to have more energy than people decades younger. When we talk about age, the mind and body are often not in synch. Crampton was a strong advocate of preventative medicine and the maintenance of a personal medical record by individuals, and served as Chairman of the Committee on Physical Fitness through the Federal Security Agency, Chairman of the Committee on the Health of Adolescents, and the chairman for the sub-committee on Geriatrics and Gerontology through the medical society of New York County. If you are technically elderly, not acting your age may be a great thing. From 1934 to 1937, Crampton regularly wrote columns for the Boy Scouts of America’s magazine Boys’ Life. Department of the East during World War I. Army Medical Reserve and acted as Special Adviser to the U.S. He created what is today known as the Crampton Test or the Crampton Test for Fatal Shock, which measures the physical condition and resistance of one’s pulse and blood pressure in the resting and standing positions. His major contributions to the medical field include work with geriatrics and gerontology, adolescent hygiene and physical fitness, posture, and blood pressure and circulatory systems. Born in New York City, he attended the College of the City of New York, New York University, and in 1900 graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. The publishing, exhibiting, or broadcasting party assumes all responsibility for clearing reproduction rights and for any infringement of United States copyright law.Ĭontact host institution for more information.Ĭrampton was a physician, medical researcher, and teacher. Biological age is far more revealing of a person’s status of health at a given age. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, Springfield College may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The difference between chronological age and biological age is that chronological age is how old someone is in years. Your biological age is calculated as a measure of risk and perhaps not surprisingly, engaging in more risky behaviours such as smoking or eating an unhealthy diet can all dramatically increase. Any commercial use without written permission from Springfield College is strictly prohibited. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of Springfield College, Babson Library, Archives and Special Collections. Text and images are owned, held, or licensed by Springfield College and are available for personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that ownership is properly cited.
Ward Crampton Papers > b Subjects: Crampton, C. Location: Springfield College Archives and Special Collections Collection (local): College Archives Digital Collections By contrast, a geriatric assessment can provide a much more comprehensive understanding of the functional and physiological age of an older person with cancer. From this he decided that physiological age should be considered in grading, not only for physical culture classes but for all high school or continuation classes.Ĭreator: Crampton, C. Chronological age alone is often a poor indicator of the physiological and functional status of older adults, and thus should not be the main factor guiding treatment decisions in oncology. He studied the differences between physiological and chronological age, and with this information he created three categories: (1) Boys arrived at puberty-postpubescent (2) boys approaching maturity-pubescent (3) boys not yet approaching maturity-prepubescent. A person’s chronological age, the age that corresponds with their birth date, may or may not be the same as their biological age, which is aging at the DNA level. Charles Ward Crampton (1964), director of Physical Training for New York public schools, took this photograph in 1901. Notes on the back seem to indicate that the boy on the right is chronologically younger than the boy on the left, though he looks physiologically older. They are standing back to back the one on the left is significantly shorter with poor posture while the one on the right is significantly taller with good posture. This photo has two unidentified shirtless boys wearing dress pants and shoes.
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