Infant-feeding in its relation to health and disease, by Louis Fischer; containing 54 illustrations, with 24 charts and tables, mostly original . Fig. 51.—Four Canines. Sixteen to 21 Fig. 52.—Twenty-three to 36 Months, although the Average is24 to 30 Months. CHAPTEK XLYII. Athrepsia Infantum. (Marasmus, ok Atrophy; Wast-ing Disease, from Malassimilation of Food.)78 If infants, when a few months old, suffer with vomit-ing or diarrhoea, and this condition is allowed to becomechronic, then colic and flatulence, associated with con-stipation, supervene, and result in a gastro-intestinal c
Infant-feeding in its relation to health and disease, by Louis Fischer; containing 54 illustrations, with 24 charts and tables, mostly original . Fig. 51.—Four Canines. Sixteen to 21 Fig. 52.—Twenty-three to 36 Months, although the Average is24 to 30 Months. CHAPTEK XLYII. Athrepsia Infantum. (Marasmus, ok Atrophy; Wast-ing Disease, from Malassimilation of Food.)78 If infants, when a few months old, suffer with vomit-ing or diarrhoea, and this condition is allowed to becomechronic, then colic and flatulence, associated with con-stipation, supervene, and result in a gastro-intestinal ca-tarrh. Neglect of this condition means the developmentof the condition known as athrepsia. The infant does notthrive, commences to waste, and, unless we realize thecondition and give the baby proper treatment, such achild will die of exhaustion from inanition. When thesecases linger for months, they develop rachitis. Recoverywithout treatment is impossible. Parrott was the first todefine this disease, and classified it into three stages:— 1. The infant suffers from a simple diarrhoea or loose-ness of the bowels. The stools, instead of being brightyellow and homogeneous, are liqu
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