A practical manual of the diseases of children : with a formulary / by Edward Ellis.
- Ellis, Edward
- Date:
- 1878
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A practical manual of the diseases of children : with a formulary / by Edward Ellis. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![to be attributed. Green light, which the vegetable kingdom refuses, the animal requires. Red, the comple- ment of green, is that which, owing to the blood, tinges the skin of the healthy human subject, just as the green of leaves is the complement of red they absorb. Hence, says Dr Dubrunfant, red should be proscribed for our furniture, except curtains. He quotes the cases of four children who had become chlorotic by living in the streets of Paris, who regained their health without other means than exposure to the influence of the solar rays on a sandy sea coast. Whether we fully endorse all Dr Dubrunfant*s conclusions or not, they may at least serve to remind us of the great importance of light as a preven- tive of, and remedial agent in, disease. ' Dentition commences usually at the seventh month, but, especially in rickets, it may be deferred till the eighteenth month or second year. When a child is born with teeth they usually fall out. The temporary teeth (twenty in number) are generally cut in pairs. The following table indicates in months the usual times of their appearance: Molars. Canine. Incisors. Canine. Molars. 24—12 ] 18 I 9 7 7 9 I 18 1 12—24 The lower jaw usually is a little in advance of the upper. The permanent teeth (thirty-two in number) appear as under in years. Molars. Bicuspids. Canine. Incisors. Canine. Bicuspids. Molars. 25 13 6 j 10 9 | 11 | 8 7 7 8 | 11 | 9 10 | 6 13 25 At 2 years the child has altogether . . 16 teeth. At 21 „ „ . . 20 „ At 6* „ „ • • 4S „ During dentition the child’s health requires unusual care, the bowels must be regulated, the diet strictly attended to, the gums lanced when they are hot and swollen, but not otherwise; the diarrhoea of teething is * At six, 20 deciduous and 28 permanent make 4S. /](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21497813_0038.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
