On the disorders of infantile development, and rickets : preceded by observations on the nature, peculiar influence, and modifying agencies of temperaments / by A. Schoepf Merei.

Schoepf Merei, Agost, 1804-1858.

Date:: 1855

Credit: On the disorders of infantile development, and rickets : preceded by observations on the nature, peculiar influence, and modifying agencies of temperaments / by A. Schoepf Merei. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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$Rickets... . 145 The early history of rickets 14Y Is rickets originally, or eminently, an English disease ? Glisson's state- ments on its origin in England investigated ; Glisson's notions and theory of rickets ; quotations from his work (De Rhachitide, 1671); difficulties of his etimology of rickets ; the Anglo-Saxon origin of the term—Further difficulties in the work of this author, as regards the origin and prevalence of rickets in the South of England; alleged greater frequency of the disease in the 17th century among the wealthy classes—His etiology, pathogeny, and pathological anatomy of rickets. Modern notions on rachitism 153 Acute rachitis ; first described by J. P. Frank, lately by Dr. Stiebel— The three stages of acute rachitis; its treatment—The chronic form of rachitis—Period of its appearance—Symptoms and course—Morbid anatomy—Anatomy of rachitic bones ; Guerin, Virchow—Chemical theory ; Fourcroy, Weatherhead, Marchand—Causes ; improper food, impure air. Relative frequency of rachitism under different climates, local and social conditions 159 Climatic influence ; rare occurrence of rickets in the North of England, and in Scotland—Some hints on the frequency or absence of rickets in Tarious parts of Britain • Cambridge, London, Bristol, Norwich, Bath, Thirsk, Manchester, Liverpool, Southport, Blackpool, Newcastle on- Tyne; .\thoIl, Highlands and Perthshire, Montrose, Inverness, Aber- deen, Edinburgh, Glasgow—Ireland; Cork,- Dublin. Rachitism in Manchester ; its frequency among all classes 170 Some accounts on rachitism among children of wealthy families in and near Manchester; its prevalence among the poor—Rare occurrence at a distance from the town, in the open country—Consideration of the causes of rickets peculiar to Manchester: the soil; the climate; the mode of nursing, the period of weaning, and the feeding of infants in this town—From these agencies alone the great frequency of the dis- ease cannot be derived—The peculiar character of the overcrowded industrial quarters of this town, the probable cause of the frequency of rickets. Rickets in continental countries ITS Occurrence of the disease in Pavia (Lorabardy), Constantinople; its frequency in Paris, Vienna, Pesth, Dresden, Munich, etc.—Accounts from Pesth and Bula; situation, climate and population of these cities Rare occurrence in villages and rural districts—Consideration of the causes of rickets in continental towns ; infantile diet, climate, aod mode of life, comparatively considered with England. Etiological conclusions <• The rachitic habit; sacoessioa of symptoms; peculiar features 186 Physical and moral features of the rachitic habit—Succession of symp. totas ae ohuerved in 33 rachitic cases^-The valgus-like relaxation of$