Observations sur la nature, et sur le traitement du rachitisme, per [i.e. par] Antoine Portal, professeur de medecine, &c., 8vo, Paris, 1797.

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1798
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Credit: Observations sur la nature, et sur le traitement du rachitisme, per [i.e. par] Antoine Portal, professeur de medecine, &c., 8vo, Paris, 1797. 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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    fymptoms do not render fuch drinks ini. proper, antimonial preparations are of the greateft ufe. Affes milk, if there be no obftru&ion in the abdominal vifeera, Ihould be piefciibed. Bathing in milk-warm wa- ter proves beneficial. M. Portal mentions, that he has tried in this, and fome other fpecies ox ncicets, preparations of fal ammo- niac, without fuccefs. In two cafes where the difeafe fucceeded to the itch, he caufed the children to be re-infeded, but without any benefit. 5- Rickets preceded by obftru&ions in the abdominal vifeera are, according to our author, a very common occurrence. The liver is the principal feat of the obftru&ion. In thefe cafes it is enlarged, but its texture generally continues natural, though fome- times it is lefs firm. By its increafe in fize, it raifes the diaphragm, compreftes the right lobes of the lungs, rendering it more compad than natural, and injuring its tex- ture, fo that it becomes flelhy or fteatoma- tous. Difficulty of breathing, and watery effufions into the thorax, are the confe- rences. The enlargement of the liver commences