Diseases of infancy and childhood (1914) (14585450898)

"An imbecile having microcephaly and pseudo-muscular atrophy"

Identifier: diseasesofinfan00fisc (find matches)

Title: Diseases of infancy and childhood

Year: 1914 (1910s)

Authors: Fischer, Louis, 1864- (from old catalog)

Subjects: Children

Publisher: Philadelphia, F. A. Davis company (etc., etc.)

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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iocy (Lillie B.). Age 6years. Delicate until 4 years of iige. Did not walkuntil tlie fourth year. INIother cannot tell whendifference in the two sides was first not^d. Therewere no convulsions. The head measured 19 inches.There were stra1)isnius, and detornied jaws. Themouth was constantly open* Right hemiplegia,more marked in upper extre>mity. Walks and runsaround, but drags right foot. Contracture andspasticity present. Expression idiotic. Has nevertalked. Intelligence w/^. Is restless and in nearlyconstant motion. (Case of Dr. A. C. Cotton.) 808 DISEASES OF THE ^EKXOIS SYSTIvM. the forehead wrinkled transversely, from the constant assistance which thelevatores palpebrarum derive from the occipito-frontalis muscle in theopening of the eye; the lips large and thick, with transverse fissures; thetongue long, thick, and much roughened; the nose small; the skin has aslightly dirty, yellowish tinge, and is deficient in elasticity, giving thea^^pearance of being too large for the body.

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Fig. 278.—Imbecile (Louie W.). Showing an-terior curve of the spine and general atrophy ofall the muscles, especially those of the back andshoulders. (Original.) Fig. 279.—Imbecile (Louie W.). Showingnormal position of head flexed on the chest.Can only lift head by raising chin with exten-sor muscles of hand and forearm. (Original.) This type occurs in more than 10 per cent, of cases; they are alwayscongenital idiots; they have considerable power of imitation; they arehumorous; they are usually able to speak, the co-ordinating faculty isabnormal; the circulation is feeble; the improvement which trainingeffects is greatly in excess of what would be predicated if one did not 1J310CY AND IMBECILITY. 809 know the characteristics of this type; the life-expectancy is, however, farbelow the average, and the tendency is to tuberculosis. These children are usually found to be deaf, blind, or to have somedeformity of the mouth, nose, hands, or feet. I have seen cases of thiskind in my servi

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