Diarrhœa in 1911

Infantile Diarrhœa

Sir,?In the course of my private practice I occasionally found that cases of infantile diarrhoea were often due to some fault in the milk of the mother's breast. There is a common belief among the rural people that infantile diarrhoea is due either to the seasonal wind or to the milk of the mother or to both. Investigation in a number of cases revealed that in some cases the secretion of milk w...

Infantile Diarrhœa

Infantile Diarrhœa

men are totally insufficient for the purpose.* I have recently endeavoured to put this side of the question on a firmer base, it being, I am persuaded, a point of the greatest importance in clearing up other parts of this complicated question. I have commenced by an examination of the effect of temperature upon infantile diarrhoeal mortality in London during the twelve years, 1857-68. I chose t...

Nutritional Diarrhœa

Matinal (Hill) Diarrhœa

or 011 getting out of bed is characteristic. The second usually one or two hours later, the third say after breakfast, and the fourth about 10 or II A.M. For the rest of the day the patient is quite well, gets about his daily employment, takes his food with appetite and his exercise with energy. Next day, the same thing is repeated, the days grow into weeks and months before he seeks advice, so...