On the wasting diseases of infants and children / by Eustace Smith.

Date:
1884
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Credit: On the wasting diseases of infants and children / by Eustace Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. PAGE Wasting a sign of defective nutrition «.•••• 1 Importance of detecting the cause of malnutrition . . • • 2 Wasting not always the first sign, and may even be absent in slight 2 X/tJicUttVC UU.UJL1 UlUll lliaij UC UllC XCOUIU Ul. dUlAUC UioCctaC • • • 3 T.T<iVillitir nf V^QrllTT nAnvialififl PnilnrtsYi t.n HAPnnriJirv fipntp nic)PH.QPH 3 Peculiarities of these secondary diseases • • • . • 4. insGnsiDiiity oi ldg nervous sysLem in CaCnecLic CQiioren • • A rt Infrequency of reflex convulsions ....... i Importance of detecting the secondary diseases .... 5 Information to be derived from examining the face of the infant 5 M. Jadelot's lines . 6 7 7 7 Causes of large belly in infants ....... 8 Infrequency of mesenteric disease ...... 9 Mode of examining liver and spleen ...... 9 General treatment of wasting 10 Usefulness of tonics so long as there remains any derangement of the stomach and bowels ........ 10 Importance of minuteness in giving directions about diet 10 External applications ......... 10 11 Anointing with warm olive oil ...... . 11 Counter-irritants ......... 12 Baths—Hoth bath 13 13 Cold bath . 13