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Preface
In the preparation of the present treatise on the Diseases of Children, while the author has appropriated to his use every important fact that he has found recorded in the works of others, having a direct bearing upon either of the subjects of which he treats, and Ihe numerous valuable observations — pathological as well as practical— dispersed throughout the pages of the medical journals of Europe and America, he has, nevertheless, relied chiefly upon his own observations and experience, acquired during a long and somewhat extensive practice, and under circumstances peculiarly well adapted for the clinical study of the diseases of early life.
He has made use of the labours and adopted the opinions of others, only when he has found them to correspond with, or to be confirmatory of the results of his own observations and inquiries.
In the few instances in which, from the high professional standing and authoritative character of the individuals from whom they emanate, he has considered it proper to notice pathological views or plans of treatment, the accuracy of which he has had no opportunity of testing, or which are in discordance with his own observations and experience, the fact is invariably stated, so that the credit or responsibility may rest with their respective authors. And, in all cases, in which an opposition of opinion, upon any leading point, exists between medical authorities of equal weight, he has always adopted
VI PREFACE.
those views which comport the nearest with his own observations; presenting, at the same time^ when it is demanded by the importance of the subject under consideration^ a fair exposition of the views of others in relation to it.
In reference to the directions given for the management of the several diseases of infancy and childhood, these are almost exclusively based upon the results of the personal experience of the author. To notice every remedy that has been proposed, at different periods, and by different practitioners, the recommendation of which is founded, perhaps, upon the supposed good effects resulting from its use in two, three, or, at the furthest, half a dozen cases, would have been a means, certainly, of filling up his pages, and might have gained for him the credit of extensive research — ^but would have contributed but little towards the instruction of his readers. He has therefore preferred to present only those remedies and plans of treatment which he has found, from actual observer tion made at the bedside of the patient, to be best adapted to relieve or to remove the several forms of disease of which he treats; and which he is convinced will be the least likely to disappoint the expectations of the practitioner, when promptly and judiciously administered. He has not failed, however, to notice every remedy and plan of treatment which comes to us with the recommendation of practitioners of unquestionable authority, even although he may not have had an opportunity of testing its efficacy.
Every species of hypothetical reasoning has, as much as possible, been avoided. The author has endeavoured throughout the work to confine himself to a simple statement of well ascertained pathological facts, and plain therapeutical directions— ^his chief desire being to render it what its title imports
it to be, A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
He feels persuaded that it will be found a useful and faithful guide to the student, and that the practitioner, also, should he be induced to consult its pages, may derive from them some few facts and practical hints, not altogether unworthy of his notice.
Chapter I
1. Air. Temperatore,
2. CleanliDesfl. Balking,
3. CIothiDgy-
4. Food,
5. Sleep,
6. Exercise,
7. Moral Treatmeat,
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CHAPTER IL ox THE PECULIARITIES OP OROAXIZATIOX AXD F^JXCTIOX, DUEIXG IXFAN'CY AXD
CHILDHOOD.
1. InfancT, .
Organization, Functions,
Organization, .
Functions, •
CHAPTER IIL
PATHOLOGT OF IKFAXCT AND CHILDHOOV, •
CHAPTER IV.
SBMEIOLOGT OF THE DISEASES OF IXFAXCT AND CHILDHOOD,
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1. Of the Coanteoance,
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CONTENTS.
2. Of the Gestures,
3. The Phenomeua During Sleep,
4. The Cry, .
5. Respiration,
6» The Tongue and Mouth, . .
7. Of the Surface,. .
8. The Breath,,
9. Discharges by Vomiting and Stool,
10. The Urinary Discharge, -
11. The Bones,
Section I. Diseases Of The Digestive Organs
CHAPTER I.
BISEA8ES OF THE MOUTH.
1. Erythematic Stomatitis. Inflammation of the Mouth,
2. Erythematic Stomatitis, with ciird-like Exudation, •
3. Follicular Stomatitis. Aphthffi,
4. Ulcerative Stomatitis, ....
5. Gengivitis. Inflammation of the Gums,
6. Gangrene of the Mouth, . • * .
7. Difficult Dentition,
Chapter II. Diseases Of The Throat
1. TonsilHtis, .....
2. Hypertrophy of the Tonsils in Children,
3. Pseudo- membranous Inflammation of the Throat,
4. Gangrene of the Throat, ....
5. Parotitis. Inflammation of the Parotids. Mumps,
6. »Angina Externa, . . • » .
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Chapter III
aSOPHAGITIS,
COHTBKTS.
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Chapter IV. Di8ba8bs Of The Stomach
1. IndijjfestioD,
2. GastritU. Inflammation of the Stomach,
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CHAPTER V. DISEASES OF THE IVTESTIirES
1. Enteralgia. Colic, • • . • •
3. Cholera Infantami • • • ' .
4. Prolapsus Ani, ••••..
5. Poljpas of the Rectum, • . • .
6. InTagination of the Intestines, ....
8. Enteritis. Inflammation of the Small Intestines. Ileitis,
9. Colitis. Inflammation of the Large Intestines. Dysentery,
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Chapter VI
Peritonitis. Inflammation of the Peritoneum, .
CHAPTER VII. The Remittent or Gastric Fever of Infancy
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Section II. Diseases Of The Respiratory Organs
1. Asphyxia, .....
Atelectasis Pulmonum,
5. Pleuritis, .....
6. Tracheitis. Croup, ....
7. Spasmodic Croup,
8. Spasm of the Glottis, ....
9. Pertussis. Hooping-Cough,
10. Foreign Bodies in the Larynx and Trachea, .
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Section III. Diseases Op The Nervous Ststem
1. Hypertrophy of the Brain,
2. Cerebral Hypenemia and Hemorrhage.
3. Convulsions,
4. AcQte Meningitis, . • •
Meningitis Encephalicai
5. Epidemic Meningitis, • . •
6. Sabacute Meningitis,
7. Chronic HydrocephaluSy
Apoplexy. Paralysisi •
Chapter I
2. Scarlet Ferer. Scarlatina^
Inflammatory Scarlatina, Scarlatina Anginoea, Congestive Scarlatina,
3. Boseola. Scarlet Bash;
4. Variola. SmaH-pox,
5. YaccinatioD,
Phenomena of YaccinatiOD, Period for Vaccination, Mode of Vaccination, .
6. Modified Small-Pox. Varioloid,
7. Varicella. Cbicken-pox; .
Chapter II. Cutaneous Ervptioks
Eraptions occurring previoos to Weaning, and during Dentition, .
1. Strophnlusy ......
3. Cmsta Lactea, .....
BhipUons chiefly connected with Gastro-enteric Disease,
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5. Eiythexnai ••••••
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7. Urticarift. Nettle Bash, ....
8. ErjsipelaSi . • . . •
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9. Phlegmonous TamonrSy • • . •
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12. Follicalur Warts, .... . .
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Eruptions connected with Languid Cutaneous AcUon,
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14. Pityriasis, ......
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16. Ecthyma. Bupia, .....
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From Infection, independent of Visceral Disease,
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19. Psora. Scabies. Itch, ....
20. Syphilitic Eruptions, . . . . .
. 599
• SECTION V.
DISEASES OP THE NUTRITIVE FUNCTION.
Scrofulous Inflammation of the Lymphatic Glands, .
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Ophthalmia, ......
. 612
Discharges from the Vagina, ....
Disease of the Mesenteric Glands. Tabes Mesenterica. .
. 615
Disease of the Bones, .....
Rickets, ......
. 616
White Swelling, .....
Hip Disease, ......
. 619
Disease of the Spine, ....
Tubercular Depositions, ......
. 622
Tuberculization of the Bronchial Glands, ....
Lungs, . . . .
. 627
Tubercles of the Brain, ......
Treatment of Scrofula, . .
. 630
Scrofulous Enlargement of the Lymphatic Glands, .
Ophthalmia, ......
. 637
Discharges from the Vagina, . . . .
. 641
Tabes Mesenterica, .....
Diseases of the Bones. Rickets,
. 643
White Swelling, ......
Hip Disease, .......
. 645
Disease of the SpioCf .....
Tubercular Depositions, . . . . .
. 648
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