The ossification of the carpus in rickets, congenital syphilis and cretinism.

In view of these contradictory findings the records of children admitted to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children during the last ten years suffering from these diseases were examined. In each case the diagnosis was established clinically and by skiagrams. The case reports and x-ray plates of 211 cases of active rickets under five years of age, fourteen cases of congenital syphilis and twenty of cretinism were examined.