Disorder of Infancy and Childhood: A Review

Peptic Ulcer in Infancy and Childhood with a Review

The occurrence of peptic ulcer in infancy was described ox-er a hundred years ago by Cruveilhier (1829-35) in his Anatomie Pathologique du Corps Humain . He records the presence of multiple gastric ulcers in three infants at the respective ages of one, two, and four weeks. The lesions are clearly illustrated by drawings. Since then reports on peptic ulcers in children have appeared in ever-incr...

Reactive attachment disorder of infancy or early childhood.

Since its introduction into DSM-III, reactive attachment disorder has stood curiously apart from other diagnoses for two reasons; it remains the only diagnosis designed for infants, and it requires the presence of a specific etiology. This paper describes the pattern of disturbances demonstrated by some children who meet DSM-III-R criteria for reactive attachment disorder. Three suggestions are...

Diseases of Infancy and Childhood

Therapeutics of Infancy and Childhood

Diseases of Infancy and Childhood

is time consuming for the former and money consuming for the latter. As a result, while details of investigation and treatment and the description of new syndromes is up to date, the basic concept of the book portrays the fashion of thought when it was first written. In the thirties the fashion was to categorize diseases according to systems, so when Dr. Sheldon was invited to write his well-kn...