The practice of pediatrics . ent teeth. The growth inheight is very striking; from four to eightinches, and even more, has been notedin a year. The mental change is alsomarked. The change is greatest in youngcretins, but the older ones may also liebenefited. The child begins to talk, andif it talked before it rapidly acquires alarger vocabulary. The whole being Jntransformed from the condition of a veg-etable to that of a living human being. The treatment should be continueduntil all traces of the myxedematouscondition have disappeared, and until natural growth has been estab-lished. After tha
The practice of pediatrics . ent teeth. The growth inheight is very striking; from four to eightinches, and even more, has been notedin a year. The mental change is alsomarked. The change is greatest in youngcretins, but the older ones may also liebenefited. The child begins to talk, andif it talked before it rapidly acquires alarger vocabulary. The whole being Jntransformed from the condition of a veg-etable to that of a living human being. The treatment should be continueduntil all traces of the myxedematouscondition have disappeared, and until natural growth has been estab-lished. After that time very small doses should be continued through-out life, one or two 5-grain tablets a week seem to be sufficient tokeep the individual in good condition. This should be insisted uponwhen taking charge of a case. The treatment may be stopped for amonth or six weeks, but if it is discontinued for any longer the symptomsbegin to return. The child becomes listless and begins to show othersymptoms of a return of the Achondroplasia. (Case of Drs. Westand Piper, Archives of Pediatrics.) DIABETES MELLITUS. Diabetes Mellitus is characterized in children by the same symptomsas seen in adults, the most notable being the glycosuria, polyuria, DIABETES MELLITUS 857 increased appetite, increased thirst, and the progressive loss of must be borne in mind that diabetes mellitus is manifested by asymptom-complex, and that the mere presence of sugar in the urinemay not mean diabetes. The disease is rare in childhood, but probably not so rare as wasformerly supposed. Owing to the carelessness about examining theurine of young children, and the extreme difficulty in securing it insome instances, the disease may easily be overlooked. It is a difficult disease to study in children, and our knowledge of thesubject is based on comparatively few cases and on fewer autopsies. Etiology. Frequency.—-West, in 700 cases, gives only 1 under fiveyears. Ashby and Wright mention 111 fr
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