Diseases of infancy and childhood (1914) (14748965406)

Cestoda, all Taenia saginata except #5, Bothriocephalus latus

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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mbilical Hernia. The result of violent paroxysms ofwhooping-cough. (Original.) will be urgently demanded; hence whisky or iced champagne should begiven ah libitum. It is well to remember that very young children donot offer good resistance to the shock of an abdominal section. Fully 50per cent, of cases seen by me were fatal. The details of an operation forintussusception are those of aseptic surgery, for which my readers arereferred to the special books on surgery. Dr. John F. Erdman, of NewYork City, has reported a series of successful operations in very voungchildren. IJmbilical Heexia.i This condition is frequently seen in both male and female children.It is more often seen in the female. Causes.—It is usually found in children with flabby muscles such asrachitic and atrophied cases. Severe abdominal strain during the parox-ysms of whooping-cough or in continued constipation frequently results ^ For Inguinal Hernia, see chapter on Diseases of the Genito-Urinary Tract. PLATE XIII

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Cestodes (Tape-worms). 1, Tivnia saginata. J. TToad of ti^nia sagi-nata. 2, Dorsal view of the head. 3, Apex view of head, showing depres-sion in center. //, Tsohited, ek^igated segments. ,7. l^othriwephalns hitus. 6, Ripe segments of tirnia saginata. li, sliowing location of sexnal orirans. 7, Half-developed segments of laMiia saginata. 1 llnstratioiis drawn fromspecimens. (Origina 1.) TAPEWORM. 289 in umbilical hernia. The tumor may be from ono-lialf to orjo inch wide,and the same also in length. Treatment.—Freveniive Treatment: After t)ie iiniljilical cord hasseparated, the usual flannel binder may be used io lend support to theabdomen for the first two or three months. Mechanical Treatment.—A padof absorbent cotton into which a thickpiece of cork or a wooden button the size of a 25-cent-piece is wrapped,should be snugly pressed over the protruding part and secured by thickstraps of zinc oxide plaster. This dressing should be renewed every fouror five days. The treatment must b

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