American Journal of Diseases of Children, Volume 18

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American Medical Association., 1919 - Children
 

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Page 452 - In this joint three bones are in apposition, viz., the lower end of the femur, the upper end of the tibia, and the patella.
Page 254 - FRANCISCO (From the George Williams Hooper Foundation for Medical Research University of California Medical School, San Francisco) MUCH has been written about the interesting type of intoxication which develops with an intestinal obstruction.
Page 298 - If the murmur has neither of these characteristics, the complicating lesion is probably defective interventricular septum. (2) A case showing a murmur and enlargement, without cyanosis, is probably defective interventricular septum. If the murmur is not transmitted into the vessels of the neck, this lesion exists alone. If the murmur is so transmitted, or if the "humming top" murmur is present, the lesion is probably combined with open ductus arteriosus.
Page 85 - A girl, three years of age, was admitted to the hospital with a history of influenza two weeks previously.
Page 103 - Hill the old public health was concerned with the environment; the new is concerned with the individual.
Page 552 - In certain instances," he states, "improvement was immediate and striking; there was a gain in weight for the first time in many months.
Page 308 - ... themselves furnish a good guide as to health progress. Permanent institutional care for infants and young children should be discouraged on account of the almost insuperable difficulties in maintaining nutrition in infancy under these conditions, and because of the great susceptibility of young children to infection, preference should be given to placing such children in suitable families.
Page 307 - The important concern during the first two years is the child's nutrition; and the essential thing is that the child be kept under continuous observation and supervision. Everything possible should be done to promote breast feeding as by far the most important means of insuring vigorous growth and development and preventing infant mortality. At first the supervision must be close, the infant being seen in many cases every week or even oftener. The visits will be less frequent as the child grows older,...
Page 12 - Studies on the mammary gland. III. A comparison of the developing mammary glands in male and female albino rats from the late fetal stages to ten weeks of age. Anat.
Page 268 - ... fermentative types and a later swing to balance between the two types; (5) that such changes in the intestinal flora can be brought about in the intestine of the human infant by withdrawing animal protein and persistently feeding large amounts of lactose (from 2 to 4 ounces daily), and other carbohydrates ; that the period which may be necessary to produce this variation is from ten to forty days. While feeding acidophilus cultures has in a few cases aided a more rapid establishment of aciduric...

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