Cyclopædia of the diseases of children v. 2, 1889, Volume 2

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J.B. Lippincott, 1889
 

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Page 61 - the fact cannot be denied that very many infants with eczema, perhaps the majority, look to be in perfect health, ... I feel confident in affirming that exceedingly careful medical investigation will always discover something to be corrected besides the disorder of the skin ; certain it is that a very rigid investigation and regulation of the diet, mode of life, etc., together with appropriate aid from medicines, accomplishes for these little ones what local treatment has failed to do.
Page 484 - Its exact scat of implantation seems to be the periosteum covering the basilar process of the occipital bone and the body of the sphenoid.
Page 590 - If the pneumonia is primary, and at the apex only, it can be pronounced lobar without hesitation."1 The vomiting which often marks the onset of pneumonia in children is sometimes urgent, and if accompanied by diarrhoea may resemble an attack of acute gastro-intestinal disease.
Page 275 - ... (2) Swelling of the gums, varying from definite sponginess down to a vanishing point of minute, transient ecchymosis.
Page 290 - ... state. All varieties, then, of goitre call for the most skilful treatment and demand our most careful supervision. Treatment. — When fully developed, cretinism is incurable, but is capable of amelioration by suitable treatment : thus, the mental faculties may be developed by proper training in well-ordered asylums, and it is generally found that cretin children are less offensive and easier to manage and educate than other imbeciles. They should be kept as much as possible in the open air,...
Page 140 - The most important thing for a student to impress on his mind with regard to all cases of phthisis is, that the pectoral symptoms, of whatsoever nature they may be, are caused by scrofulous inflammation. If you trace the phenomena of external scrofulous abscesses, you will be struck with the close analogy they bear, in their manner of appearance, their progress, and termination, to the ulcerations of the lungs in phthisis. The same slowness, the same insidious latency, the same gradual solidification...
Page 17 - One of the most frequent, and at the same time one of the most important in a negative way, of these symptomatic erythemata is the form commonly called erythema infantile, or roseola infantilis.
Page 131 - Peruv., 3¡ ; adipis, 3i. In the warm season it will be necessary to add some simple cerate to this in order that the resulting ointment may be of proper consistence for comfortable use. Styrax is also a remedy of value, without the irritating effects of sulphur, and may be used either as an ointment in the strength of one part to two or three parts of lard, or pure with two drachms of alcohol and one drachm of olive oil to the ounce. Naphthol, twenty to sixty grains to the ounce, has been highly...
Page 419 - ... gave rise to considerable discussion as to the order to which it belonged. On my return to China, towards the close of 1848, 1 endeavoured to rear this parasite, but without success until last month, owing chiefly to the difficulty of keeping the Fulgora alive in captivity. The young larvae are found, varying from the size of a pin's head to half an inch in length, attached to the dorsal segments of the Fulgorae, there being rarely more than one parasite on a Fulgora.
Page 289 - That clinical and pathological observations respectively indicate, in a decisive way, that the one condition common to all cases, is destructive change of the thyroid gland. 4. That the most common form of destructive change of the thyroid gland consists in the substitution of a delicate fibrous tissue for the proper glandular structure.

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