A Case of Infantile Scurvy
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was extremely apprehensive of the legs being handled. The legs were immobile, slightly flexed at the knees and the thighs were rotated outwards. The lower epiphyses of both the femurs were much enlarged and tender. One of the lower incisors was being cut and was almost through but there was neither swelling nor change of colour of the gum. There was no tendency to haemorrhages from any part of the body nor abnormality in any other systems. There were no signs of rickets. On inquiry into the history I learnt that the child had .been fed entirely on boiled cow's milk and barley water from the 8tli day of its life and mother's milk for the first seven days only. No patent food was given. The parents denied any history of syphilis. From the history of its feeding and frequency of scurvy at this age, I diagnosed the case as one of infantile scurvy. The child was put on orange juice two ounces a day, and baked potatoes. The potatoes were baked in the skin and the mealy parts just beneath the skin were scraped and shaken up in milk, which the child was then given. In eight days there was marked
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 70 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016