Medical diseases of infancy and childhood / by Dawson Williams.

  • Dawson Williams
Date:
1900
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Credit: Medical diseases of infancy and childhood / by Dawson Williams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. PAGE. The Ages of Childhood—Growth—The Mortality of Childhood—Its Causes— Influence of Sex—Sleep—Clothing—Baths—Change of Air 17 CHAPTER II. CLINICAL EXAMINATION. Clinical Examination of Infants and Young Children—General Observations— Physical Examination of the Upper Air Passages—Of the Chest—Of the Circulatory System—Of the Abdomen—Of the Head—Retraction of the Head—The Temperature in Infancy and Early Childhood 27 CHAPTER III. DISEASES INCIDENTAL TO BIRTH. Hemorrhagic Extravasations during Parturition ; Meningeal Hemorrhage— Icterus Neonatorum—Acute Fatty Degeneration of the New-Born—Acute Hemoglobinuria of the New-Bom—Mastitis—Erysipelas Neonatorum— Erythema Neonatorum—Diseases of the Navel—Tetanus Neonatorum— Sclerema Neonatorum—GCderna Neonatorum—Melena Neonatorum—Pem- phigus Neonatorum—[Hemorrhagic Diseases of the New-Born] 36 CHAPTER IV. FOOD. The Stomach and Intestines at Birth—Milk—Physiology of Digestion—The Quantity of Milk taken at Various Ages—Rate of Increase in Weight— [Management of Breast Feeding]—Artificial Feeding of Infants—Fresh Cow's Milk—Condensed Milk—Infants' Foods—The Bottle—Effects of Boiling—Bacteriology of Milk—Sterilization—Pasteurization—Milk Labo- ratories—[Modification of Cow's Milk—Indications for Modifying—Diet in Second Year] 52
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