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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    thought it would die. About a month ago the urine became dark Hke blood. I found it loaded with blood and albumen. The child had once or twice passed blood with the stools. THE CHILD ALSO RACHITIC The fontanelle was unduly large, the ribs beaded, and the wrists a little enlarged, showing a slight degree of rickets. The gums were dark and spongy, and there were distinct swellings on the front of each tibia, which were very tender; the feet were oedema- tous, and there was a large bruise in the right iliac region. DETAILS OF FEEDING The history was this : The child had cow's milk and water up to three months. Then it had an attack of diarrhoea and vomiting, attributed to the milk. This was accord- ingly stopped, and it was put on a malted farinaceous food with a small quantity of condensed milk, viz. one small teaspoonful to three bottles of food. Q 2