Modern diagnosis and treatment of diseases of childern; a treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of infancy anf childhood . Erbs phenomenonis based upon electric excitability of the motor nerves, so thata very slight electric current produces KaSz1 or even KaSTe, ifthe current is but slightly increased. Sometimes AnOeTe andKaOeTe are obtained. The duration of the tetanic attack varies from a few minutesto several hours or longer, and may recur once or several timesdaily or but once in several days. In the great majority of casesthe disease usually subsides within a few days or a month o
Modern diagnosis and treatment of diseases of childern; a treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of infancy anf childhood . Erbs phenomenonis based upon electric excitability of the motor nerves, so thata very slight electric current produces KaSz1 or even KaSTe, ifthe current is but slightly increased. Sometimes AnOeTe andKaOeTe are obtained. The duration of the tetanic attack varies from a few minutesto several hours or longer, and may recur once or several timesdaily or but once in several days. In the great majority of casesthe disease usually subsides within a few days or a month or Trousseau Chvosteks 1 Ka stands for cathode; An, for anode: S, for closing; Oe, for open-ing ; z, for weak contracture; Te, for tetanic contraction. FUNCTIONAL SPASMODIC AFFECTIONS. 561 two, without any permanent sequelae, provided suitable treatmentis instituted early. The treatment, especially with the view ofprophylaxis, is essentially the same as employed in rachitis—cor-responding to the apparent relationship that exists between thepathogenesis of rickets and that of tetany. Like rickets, tetany Relatedto Fig. 184.—Tetany (child 11 months). Note characteristic attitudeof hands. Slight contracture of feet. (Sheffield.) occurs in infants chiefly of a half to two years of age. Likerickets, tetany shows a predilection for poorly fed and poorlyhoused children, and finally, as in rickets, the immediate causef tetany seems to lie some form of intoxication, intestinal orotherwise. Whether or not the immediate cause rests upon functional or Anti-rachitictreatment. tetanus, tetany and tetanism. 562 DISEASES OF THE NERVE SYSTEM. organic disturbance of the thyroid gland or parathyroids is stillsubject to great differences of opinion. The diet should be regulated, as to quality and infants should, if possible, receive breast milk. The intes-tinal tract should be cleansed with calomel by mouth, lavage andhigh enemas. For the relief of severe contractions p
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