Diseases of infancy and childhood (1914) (14585512847)

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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chitic Child1-V^ years old. (Langerhans.) Fig. 95.—A severe Type of Rickets With Enlargement of BothCondyles of the Femur. There is also enlargement of the upper epiphysesof the tibia and fibula. The illustration also shows enlargement of theepiphyses of the ankles. An anteroposterior curvature (giving the bow-legappearance) is plainly seen. Note also the enlarged epiphyses of the radiusand ulna. Drawn from a photograph. (Original.) (h) Genu valgum. ((■) Anterior curvature of the tibiae. (d) General distortions of the lower limbs. RACHITIS. 315 Diastcms of ilie Recti Muscles in Rickets.—Wlion tlto rrmsclos lose theirtone, we frequently have the hony clianges soon afterwarrl. J)iastasJs of therecti muscles of one-half or one inch can sometimes he made out. To prop-erly examine a cliikl for this condition it should he laid on its hack with thehead and shoulders elevated; thus the recti muscles will i-elax and a pro-trusion of the ahdominal contents in the median line can he noted.

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Fig. 90.—^Caso of Rickets Slu)wintorniities in the humerus.The epiphyses, as in all lono- boiu^s, are ihiokened and enlarizvd. Tliethiekenino- of tlu> (Epiphyses in (he Iadius and ulna is readily nuide lUit.I^he shafts of those hones (K»sorihe a t-onxi^xiiy upon ihiMr extensor surface,(jreen-st iek fiactiires are NcM-y c-onnnim in llu>si> hones. The ends o( themetacar))al or of (lu^ phalan^x>s are siMuetinies enlari:ed. n(\\y 31G DISORDERS RESULTING FROM IMPROPER NUTRITIO:^. The Lower Extremities.—The outward bend of the tibia and, in markedcases, of the femur produce the condition known as bow-legs (genu varum).(Fig. 95.) In these cases when tlie feet are put together the knees are farapart. The opposite condition known as knock-knee (genu valgum) mayexist. The inner condyles of the femur are hypertrophied, so th

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