The diseases of children : a short introduction to their study / by James Frederic Goodhart.

  • Sir James Goodhart, 1st Baronet
Date:
1888
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Credit: The diseases of children : a short introduction to their study / by James Frederic Goodhart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    body su])[iortiiig the ibrnk, wliile the otlier, flat and open as l)efore, make.s pressure from above upon the abdominal wall suppoi'ted by the hand behind. Any ejecta should be examined, whether vomited or passed from the bladder or rectum. The sleep f>f a child should be watched if oppor- tunity oiler. Healthy children sleep (piite calmly, and for a longtime at a .stretch when the tii-st few months have passed over and the nece.ssityof fi’cquent suckling has gone by, but ill-health of all kinds (juickly disturb.s. Slight attacks of fever, gastro-intestinal dca-augements, dentition, brain disease, itc.,all make the sleep uneasy, although not much dill'erentiation of disease can be accomplisheil by obsei'vations of this kind. The mannei’ of deglutition is another feature which will sometimes convey an indication of disease. In any interference with the freedom of n'spiration a. (diild will take* a few snatches of food and turn aw.ay with a s[)lutter, oi- cough, or cry. If children refuse food without any detinite reason, the mouth and thi’oat should always receive a careful examination; stomatitis, tonsillitis, and e\’cn more serious troubles, such as post-i)haryngcal absce.ss, may otherwise go unrecognizetl. The temperature of children is often puzzling. It is much more unstable than in adults, and abnoi'inal heat is more liable to escape notice. This is equivalent to saying that it causes less detiuito .symptoms of ill- ness. Temperatures of ioc“ and 103'' ai-e frequently overlooked in infants, the child being said to be simply out of sorts, and fretful. So also in children of two or three years old. d’he teuqierature of some children is disturhed much moi-e reailily than that of others. Some there are who, in the tiivst six or eight years of life, whenever t hey eat anything at all indigestible, and often at other times from no very definitecau.se, sulfer fi’om an acutt! febrih' disturbance, with cough .and foul tongue. A mild aperient stops the whole thing. Others again hav(> sharp fever with a slight sor(> throat. A nund)er of children have a simple continueil fever
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