Diseases of infancy and childhood (1914) (14769606424)

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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lushed. The head is hot. There is a throbbing of the blood-vessels veryapparent. The child may be unconscious and muscular twitchings may benoticed. In severe prostration there may be delirium and convulsions. The pupils are usually contracted, although they may be dilated, andthe eyes intensely congested. Sometimes vomiting and diarrhoea may ac-company the symptoms above mentioned. The following illustrates the manner in which heat-stroke occurs inXew York City :— A child will awaken in a normal condition, eat its breakfast and play as usual.After several hours hard playing and exposure to the suns rays, the child will beexhausted. If a careless mother or nurse permits the child to continue its exposureto the direct midsummer heat, then prostration with the above-noted symptoms willbe noticed. In some cases brought to my clinic, the head is hot and the hands andfeet are cold. If the sunstroke takes place soon after feeding, then violent gastricsymptoms usually occur. DIARRHCEA. 247

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248 DISEASES OF THE INTESTINES.

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