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Title: The diseases of infants and children
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Griffith, J. P. Crozer (John Price Crozer), 1856-1941
Subjects: Infants Children Disease Pediatrics
Publisher: Philadelphia, London, W.B. Saunders company
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ertonia isobserved, producing arching of theback, retraction of the head, andflexion of the thighs upon the abdo-men. (See Vol. II, p. 254.) The wholeaspect is one of the most shocking inthe realm of pediatrics. The infantappears to bo merely a skeleton witha thin covering of skin. Complications. — Infantileatrophy is often complicated bythe development of furunculosis andother cutaneous abscesses; erythemachiefly of the nates, scrotum, andback of the thighs; hernia; and thrush. Petechia, especially on tlie ab-domen, often develop shortly before death. (See Vol. II, p. 477, Fig. 3!M)).Bronchopneumonia, atelecta.sis, and gastrointestinal derangements arefrefjuent. Convulsions may terminate the scene. Prognosis.—This is always grave and the majority of well-establishedcases die after weeks or months of wasting, in spite of the greatest care.The disease steadily grows worse, or in some cases exliibits temporaryperiods of arrest of loss of weight or even a slow gain, to he followed by
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Fig. 21.S.—Inf.^ntile Atruphy, withHypothermia and Terminal IncreaseOF Temper.ti;re. Robert M., aged 3 months. Saidto have been vomiting more or less sinceage of 3 weeks. Bottle fed. Last 2weeks some retraction of head. Enteredin the University Hospital in Philadelphia,Oct. 4, cries a great deal, much cniaciatod,no vomiting since admission, stoolsnormal. No improvement. Death.Autopsy findings negative. G14 THE DISEASES OF CHILDREX sudden, rapid renewed loss. The reduction of the amount of food taken,on the ground that some digestive disturbance is present, is followed byincreased loss of weight; and the same happens if the quantity is aug-mented. In fact, marantic infants are extremely susceptil)le to changesin the nourishment, and may be made rapidly worse by this. Deathmay occur quite unexpectedly from causes not ascertainable, the infantbeing perhaps found dead in bed, although when last seen it was appar-ently no worse than usual. In othercases some complication, often ofvery s
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