Diseases of infancy and childhood (1914) (14769713384)

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

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rior boundary of the fourth ventricle known asthe foramen Magendie.^ Blood-vessels of the pia mater are so delicate that blood pressure, trau-matism, etc., may cause haemorrhage into the subarachnoid space, resultingin monoplegia, hsemiplegia, or diplegia. Growth and Development of the Brain.—From birth until the seventhyear is reached the brain grows very rapidly; after the seventh year thegrowth is slow. Weight of the Brain.—The weight of the brain of the new-born infantis one-third that of the adult. In male and female children it is approxi-mately the same at birth, although later on the male brain grows morerapidly than the female. When a child is between 7 and 8 years of age,the brain reaches the adult size and weight. There is from this time on aslight increase in the weight up to the twenty-fifth year. Vierordt states that the increase of the brain after the seventh vear is ^ The development of the senses is described in Part I, chapter on the TSTew-bornInfant. PLATE XXXIV

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Front. View of tlio V(vU\\ Skulcoroiinl and frontal sliowinu: the anterior fontanollo and xhouituros. ((handin & JarnianJ PLATE XXXV

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