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 : a series of lectures delivered in the post graduate course at St. Mary's Hospital, and at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, 1887 / by W.B. Cheadle.

Date:
1892
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Credit: 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 : a series of lectures delivered in the post graduate course at St. Mary's Hospital, and at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, 1887 / by W.B. Cheadle. 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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    composition—Conditions underwhich it arises—Danger greater in hot weather and warm climates—Mortality from this cause —Various degrees of gastro-enteric catarrh—Symptoms— Effect of loss of fluid on the body—Post-mortem appearances —Treatment—Broad principles on which treatment should be based —Diet — Non-fermenting—-Non-irritant — Nutritive — Various modes of attaining this—Stimulants—External warmth —Bismuth—Opium—Ipecacuanha—Grey powder—Their ac- tion and effective combination—Chronic diarrhoea—Peristalsis too readily excited—Treatment—Constipation—Treatment by diet and simple laxatives—Thrush—Occurs chiefly in hand- fed children—The fungoid growth—Symptoms—Follicular stomatitis—Ulcerative stomatitis — Treatment — Atrophy — Due to many causes—Atrophy from too scanty food—From food deficient in certain elements—Atrophy from vomiting and diarrhoea—From imperfect digestive power—Cases in illustra- tion—Aneemia—Food one of the factors—Forms of food anaemia—Ansemia of starch-fed children—From deficiency in animal element of food—From defective digestive power- Treatment—Iron and arsenic—Raw meat juice —Sunlight— Pure air—Eruptions of the skin—Eczema—Urticaria—Lichen urticatus . . - 123 LECTURE V. DISEASES WHICH RESULT FROM ERRORS OF DIET, AND THEIR TREATMENT—Continued. Rickets. Occurs chiefly in first two years of life—The affection of the bones —Type of the rickety child—Bone defects not the sole lesion —Other constitutional peculiarities—Affection of muscles— Ansemia—Night-sweats—Tendency to catarrhs-—The nervous system shares the general malnutrition—Its higher excitability —Laryngismus—Tetany—Convulsions—Symptoms may be slight—Signs which should excite suspicion—Rickets largely a food disorder—Usually several factors—Influence of inheri- tance—Of syphilis—Of want of air and light—Rickets may