On the principles and exact conditions to be observed in the artificial feeding of infants : the properties of artificial foods and the diseases which arise from faults of diet in early life ... / by W.B. Cheadle.

  • Cheadle, Walter B. (Walter Butler), 1835-1910.
Date:
1906
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    privation of certain constituents of fresh food—The disease cured by the supply of these—Scurvy occurs in young children in all degrees of severity—Mortality—The symptoms corre- spond closely with those met with in adults—Occasional variation in the condition of the gums and in pyrexia—Other symptoms and morbid anatomy identical—The cause the same—Examples of children's diet producing scurvy—The disease cured as in adults by anti-scorbutics—Example showing extreme rapidity of recovery-^ Case I. Typical scurvy in a child of 16 months—Severe symptoms accompanying rickets : Diet both rachitic and scorbutic : All other hygienic condi- tions excellent: Value of milk and potatoes in a child's dietary : Rapid effect of anti-scorbutic diet, all other condi- tions being unchanged—Case II. Scurvy in a child 10 months old : Symptoms : Concurrent rickets. Food : Effect of anti- scorbutic diet : Brief account of recent cases—Case III. Scurvy in a boy of 14 months : Full series of scorbutic symp- toms : Concurrent rickets : Previous regimen : Difficulty in feeding : Death on fourth day from haemorrhage into the lung : Post-mortem appearances—Case IV. Patient aged 13 months : Well-marked signs of scurvy : Concurrent rickets : Previous feeding : Effect of full anti-scorbutic diet—Case V. Persistent hematuria in a child 12 months old : Other symptoms suggestive of scurvy : Cachexia : Syncopal attacks : Spongy gums: Haemorrhages: Periosteal swellings: Concurrent rickets : Previous feeding : Difficulty in feeding : Recovery— Case VI. A child 9 months old : Previous diet: Great tender- ness of legs and inability to run, supposed to be rheumatic : Periosteal swelling : Other signs of scurvy doubtful : Subse- quent occurrence of extensive haemorrhages under the lower eyelids : Immediate improvement on addition of certain ele- ments to former food—The association of rickets with scurvy —Explanation—The tenderness of limbs in rickets possibly scorbutic—Necessity for bearing in mind the frequent associa- tion of the two diseases—Conclusion 174 INDEX 199