Two cases of typical richets infants infants infants born in Tokyo city

Still-Born Infants

Do not forget that when you sneeze, the fairies are endeavouring to carry you off, and that if a sudden lameness overtakes you, it indicates that you have been trespassing on fairy ground. The great safeguards against the fairies are fire, iron, and dung, the last-mentioned because the fairies, being pure spirits, cannot bear defilement. Never take fire out of a house with a person sick within ...

Two 'hopeless' Urological Cases in Infants.

Analysis of Cry in New Born Infants

The acoustic analysis of infant cry is used to deduce information on the state of health of new-born babies as well as of children a few weeks old. Crying is the first tool of communication for an infant. These cries seem to be uniform, but there are a lot of differences between two infant‟s cries. Infant cry characteristics reflect the development and possibly the integrity of the central nerv...

Hib vaccination in infants born prematurely.

AIMS To document the immunogenicity and persistence of antibody to polyribosyl-ribitol phosphate (PRP) as well as the clinical protection against invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) disease in premature infants immunised at the routine schedule. METHODS Blood was obtained at 2, 5, 12, and 64 months of age from a cohort of prematurely born infants (<or=32 weeks gestation). Anti-PRP an...

Postdischarge formula consumption in infants born preterm.

In 31 infants born preterm and formula fed ad libitum, all milk intake was weighed from hospital discharge to nine months post-term. Mean daily milk intake was high, reaching 230 g/kg before four weeks post-term and was still over 150 g/kg beyond six months. Five of the 31 infants (16%) consumed 300-350 g/kg; 50% 'voluntarily' consumed more than upper recommended limits for energy intake and 35...