On the wasting diseases of infants and children, Tema 105Churchill, 1868 |
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... occur in advanced age . They begin more insidiously ; run their course more slowly ; give rise to fewer symptoms ; and often end suddenly and unexpectedly in death . Although thus undemonstrative , they are not , how- ever , on that ...
... occur in advanced age . They begin more insidiously ; run their course more slowly ; give rise to fewer symptoms ; and often end suddenly and unexpectedly in death . Although thus undemonstrative , they are not , how- ever , on that ...
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... occurs so often in rickets on account of the depression of the diaphragm forcing those organs downwards from beneath the cover of the ribs . The liver and spleen may be them- selves enlarged ; and great masses of cancer occasionally ...
... occurs so often in rickets on account of the depression of the diaphragm forcing those organs downwards from beneath the cover of the ribs . The liver and spleen may be them- selves enlarged ; and great masses of cancer occasionally ...
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... occur where weaning is pre- mature , or where the child has been brought up by hand , and the kind of food chosen to replace the natural nourish- ment is injudiciously selected , so that the limited digestive power of the child is ...
... occur where weaning is pre- mature , or where the child has been brought up by hand , and the kind of food chosen to replace the natural nourish- ment is injudiciously selected , so that the limited digestive power of the child is ...
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... occurring every second day , consisting of hard , whitish lumps , covered with a stringy mucus , and formed almost entirely of undigested food . Its evacuation is often attended with much straining , and may be preceded by some pain in ...
... occurring every second day , consisting of hard , whitish lumps , covered with a stringy mucus , and formed almost entirely of undigested food . Its evacuation is often attended with much straining , and may be preceded by some pain in ...
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... occurs in a child who has been reduced to a state of great weakness by a long course of improper food , it is of very unfavourable augury , for in such a case our hopes of improving his health depend upon the rapidity and com- pleteness ...
... occurs in a child who has been reduced to a state of great weakness by a long course of improper food , it is of very unfavourable augury , for in such a case our hopes of improving his health depend upon the rapidity and com- pleteness ...
Términos y frases comunes
āā abdominal acid acute Æther alimentary canal appearance Aquæ Ascaris lumbricoides attacks bath becomes belly body bones bowels breast bronchial cachexia cause cavity chest child chronic diarrhoea cod's liver oil cold colour common condition constipation continued convulsions cough dentition derangement diagnosis diarrhoea diet digestive disease dose emaciation enlarged exceedingly excite extreme flatulence fontanelle frequently give rise given glands grains grey healthy hydrocephalus increased infant inflammation intestine irritation Jenner lesions lungs meal mesenteric mesenteric glands milk mixture mother mouth Mucilag mucous membrane mucus muscles nourishment nutrition occur organs pain papillæ phthisis pneumonia presence pressure produce prognosis pulmonary phthisis purgative quantity respiration result rhonchus ribs rickets scrofulous scrofulous pneumonia secretion seen seldom side Sir William Jenner skin softening sometimes spleen stomach stools suckled symptoms syphilis Syrupi Tænia take place Tinct tion tissue tongue treatment tubercle tubercular tuberculosis ulceration usually vomiting warm worms yellow
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Página 131 - On examining the surface of the skin with a low magnifying power, especially on the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet, the...
Página 78 - ... exposed to debilitating causes. The physician finds the child lying on its nurse's lap, unable or unwilling to raise its head, half asleep, one moment opening its eyes, and the next closing them again with a remarkable expression of languor. The tongue is slightly white, the skin is not hot, at times the nurse remarks that it is colder than natural ; in some cases there is at times a slight and transient flush : the bowels I have always seen already disturbed by purgatives, so that I can scarcely...
Página 138 - The majority of cases of great enlargement die. The degree of the splenic enlargement may be taken as an index of the severity of the cachexia, with...
Página 86 - ... children's diseases, is one of the most common. It begins insidiously, presenting at first merely the ordinary symptoms of defective assimilation, and attention is often not attracted to it until the characteristic changes occur in the bones which place -the existence of the disease beyond a doubt. It is the result of malnutrition; any disease, therefore, which seriously interferes with the assimilative power, and causes sufficient impairment of the general strength, may be followed directly...
Página 237 - ... dilatation of the bronchi, and is sometimes also characteristic of catarrhal pneumonia. If in the intervals of the fits of coughing there is anything approaching to an asthmatic seizure or the slightest percussion — dulness at the top of the sternum, little doubt can remain as to the nature of the disease. Alteration in the quality of the voice often accompanies the characteristic cough. If there is doubt in any case, the occurrence of signs of venous pressure at once changes our suspicions...
Página 88 - The most constant and striking anatomical lesions in rickets are, — 1. Enlargement of the ends of the long bones, — of the parts where the bone and cartilage are in contact, ie where the cartilage is preparing for ossification, and where ossification is advancing in the cartilage. 2. Softening of all the bones. 3. Thickening of the flat bones, eg the bones of the skull —the scapula. 4. Deformities which follow from mechanical causes acting on the softened bones, eg the deformities of the thorax,...