. Diseases of infancy and childhood . ths. There is usually a slight improvement after the second orthird week of this disease. The temperature falls and the physical signsseem to disappear. As a rule the disease reappears with more violent symp-toms, and emaciation, fever, and sweating continue until the end. Thetemperature curve is not regular. In some cases it ranges between 99° and101° F. Other cases will have a much higher temperature, the thermometerregistering 104° F. frequently. Expectoration is rarely seen in younginfants, as they invariably cough and swallow the same. The breathingis
. Diseases of infancy and childhood . ths. There is usually a slight improvement after the second orthird week of this disease. The temperature falls and the physical signsseem to disappear. As a rule the disease reappears with more violent symp-toms, and emaciation, fever, and sweating continue until the end. Thetemperature curve is not regular. In some cases it ranges between 99° and101° F. Other cases will have a much higher temperature, the thermometerregistering 104° F. frequently. Expectoration is rarely seen in younginfants, as they invariably cough and swallow the same. The breathingis usually labored; hence dyspnoea is almost always present. When wehave Cheyne-Stokes breathing, or irregular breathing, with a slow pulse,then cerebral complication should be suspected. CHAPTER IV. CHRONIC PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS (TUBERCULOUSBRONCHO-PNE UMONIA). This condition is rarely found in infants and very young chronic pulmonary tuberculosis is noted it is usually seen in childrenafter the sixth or eighth 9 10 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Fig. 153.—Fever curve during the early period of Chronic PulmonaryTuberculosis. The daily excursions are slight, and generally range between102° and 104° F. (Original.)
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