Report on the clinic for diseases of children : held in the New York Medical College session 1860-61 : with essays on some of the more important points of infantile therapeutics / by A. Jacobi.

  • Jacobi, A. (Abraham), 1830-1919.
Date:
1861
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    55. Mary F., set. 1 year. Kyphosis Nervosa. Patient is reported to have been a healthy child, with the exception of some eruptive fevers, and a small number of attacks of convulsions in early infancy, up to her sixth year. A year ago she appears to have been severely ill, and to have suffered from tonic convulsions (lock-jaw) for sev- eral days, with unconsciousness. She is reported to have recovered very slowly, but to have showed no symptoms of disease except abso- lute deafness for the last six months. No contractions, no paralysis; pupils normal and equal. On either side external ear normal; tym- panum plainly visible, and quite normal; eustachian tube easily entered by the sound. Thus the deafness must be explained by the cerebral dis- ease that had taken place a year ago. Beiug unable to distinguish the peculiarities of that affection from the poor report given by the mother, it is probably safe to conclude, from the slow and gradual recovery during the first half year, that the disease was one of inflammatory and exudative character; the exudation, of whatever nature it may have been, undergoing a process of gradual retrograde metamorphosis and absorption. Further, from the deafness being unaffected during the last half year, and all the other functions being perfectly normal, it is just as safe to conclude, that the origin of the auditory nerve is still paralyzed by an unabsorbed part of that exudation. Thus, the prog- nosis is a very unfavorable oue, unless absorption may be induced by remedial agents, which is improbable. Treatment: Iodid. potassii, gr. x., dissolved in water, daily. Patient not presented again. 56. John E., set. 2 years. Catarrhus Bronchialis. Expectoration not so free as desirable, as the cough appears to be hard and a little painful. R.—Muriat. ammon., extr. glycyrrhyz , aa, 3ii.; aq., giv. M. D. S.: A tea-spoonful every two hours. 57. Johanna R., set. 8 years. Adenitis Chronica. A number of submaxillary glands and the surrounding tissue swelled and indurated for four weeks. No scrofula. Appears to have had a glandular inflam- mation of an acute character; no pain; no fever. Treatment: R. Iodid. potassii, 3ii.; glycerin, §ss., for external use. This formula has always been preferred to the commonly used salve, as its ready ab- sorption is proved by well-conducted experiments, which cannot be said of the old preparation. Further: R.—Iodid. potassii, 3ii.; aq., iivss. M. D. S.: A tea-spoonful three times a day. 58. Henry H., set. 1 year. Scrofula, Conjunctivitis et Keratitis Ex- udativa, Catarrhus Meatus Auditorii Externi. The general symptom3 of scrofula well developed, although the child is but, a year old; father said to be consumptive. The inflammation of the cornea has resulted