On the wasting diseases of infants and children / by Eustace Smith.

  • Smith, Eustace, 1835-1914.
Date:
1870
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Credit: On the wasting diseases of infants and children / by Eustace Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER V. PAGE Inherited Syphilis. Appearance of first symptoms ^'^^ Before birth 1^* At birth 145 After birth 1*5 FretfIllness at night I'iS Snuffling 146 Necrosis of nasal bones 147 Eruptions 147 Seat 147 Varieties 148 Ecthymatous pustules 148 Mucous patches 149 Cracks and fissures 149 Complexion . . . • 149 Cry 150 Openness of fontanelle 150 Influence of the disease on general nutrition . . . . 150 Affections of internal organs .151 Liver. 151 Local peritonitis 152 Spleen . . 152 Delayed symptoms 153 Syphilitic teeth 153 Relapses 154 Diagnosis 154 By general symptoms 154 By history 155 By examination of other children of the same family . 155 Signs of past disease in child 155 Causes 155 Transmission of taint from father 156 Transmission of taint from mother 156 Mother seldom escapes if father affected • . . . 156 CoUes' law 156 Twins not always equally affected 167 Other modes of infection .158 Prognosis 159 From observation of parents ] 59 From observation of child 160 Importance of considering the intensity of the general cachexia 160 b