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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    more than a rickety diet ; it was a scurvy diet. It contained no anti-scorbutic element, no fresh milk, no fresh vegetable, no fresh meat. Most children get a certain amount of fresh milk, which, although not a powerful anti-scorbutic, and sometimes ineffective in small quantity, is a per- fect anti-scorbutic when taken in sufficient quantity— until they are able to take solid food, at any rate ; and then they almost invariably get potatoes, one of the best anti-scorbutics. This child had neither, and scurvy developed. PREVIOUS TREATMENT—ITS INEFFICACY Chlorate of potash and bark had been given, and subsequently syrup of the iodide of iron. The swell- ing of the gums, however, increased, with occasional hemorrhage from the mouth ; and alum and glycerine were applied locally. This, however, failed to have any effect. The swelling of the gums grew still more extensive, until the whole of the mucous membrane of the upper and lower jaw seemed to be involved, and the bleeding became more profuse. The treat- ment was then changed to perchloride of iron and cod-liver oil internally, and the glycerine of tannin was applied to the fungous excrescences. The local