A Case of Infantile Scurvy or Scurvy-Rickets

Infantile Hypercalcaemia, Nutritional Rickets, and Infantile Scurvy in Great Britain. a British Paediatric Association Report.

Difficulties in diagnosing infantile scurvy before 1878.

Early nineteenth-century British paediatric authors usually wrote extensively about rickets while making no mention of infantile scurvy. The latter may indeed have been a rare disease among weanlings or, alternatively, one that escaped diagnosis. In the opinion of the paediatrician and historian, George Frederick Still, and of Morwenna and John Rendle-Short, some of the hazards formerly associa...

A Case of Infantile Scurvy

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 ...

Infantile scurvy: a historical perspective.

Scurvy, a disease of dietary deficiency of vitamin C, is uncommon today. Among diseases, scurvy has a rich history and an ancient past. The Renaissance (14th to 16th centuries) witnessed several epidemics of scurvy among sea voyagers. In 1747, James Lind, a British Naval surgeon, performed a carefully designed clinical trial and concluded that oranges and lemons had the most antiscorbutic effec...

Late Radiographic Findings of Infantile Scurvy in Northern Mali, a Region Facing a Humanitarian and Security Crisis

Scurvy is a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C. This disease is rare in developed countries, but can occur in developing countries that face food shortages and humanitarian crises. In these countries, the diagnosis is often missed due to the lack of adequate diagnostic equipment. We report a case of scurvy in a 2-year-old boy who was diagnosed late by radiographic findings, which sugge...