Surgery; its theory and practice . or a lordotic curve. The pelvis is ill de-veloped, flattened and usually of a reniform or hour-glass shape,in consequence of the depression of thepromontory of the sacrum. The head issquare, the forehead prominent, and thefontanelles are late in closing. The occip-ital bone is sometimes thinned so that ityields on pressure or it may be in placesabsorbed, a condition known as cranio-iabes. By some pathologists, however, thiscondition is believed to be due to con-genital syphilis. Dentition is generallydelayed, or the teeth, if cut, often soondecay and fall out
Surgery; its theory and practice . or a lordotic curve. The pelvis is ill de-veloped, flattened and usually of a reniform or hour-glass shape,in consequence of the depression of thepromontory of the sacrum. The head issquare, the forehead prominent, and thefontanelles are late in closing. The occip-ital bone is sometimes thinned so that ityields on pressure or it may be in placesabsorbed, a condition known as cranio-iabes. By some pathologists, however, thiscondition is believed to be due to con-genital syphilis. Dentition is generallydelayed, or the teeth, if cut, often soondecay and fall out. Bronchitis, diarrhoea,convulsions, laryngismus stridulus andchronic hydrocephalus are not infrequentcomplications; and to any of these, butespecially to the first two, the child maysuccumb. Under appropriate treatmentthe disease is nearly always arrested, andperfect recovery results. The bones, how-ever, if much bent are liable to become consolidated in the de-formed condition, and premature synostosis of the diaphysis and A longitudinal section of arickety femur. (St. Bar-tholomews Hospital Mu-seum.) 22S DISEASES OF SPECIAL TISSUES. epiphysis is apt to occur, inducing a stunted growth. Tlie bonesare also harder and denser than natural, especially on the side oftheir concavity, where a thick buttress-like layer of dense hardbone is formed. (See Fig. 71.) The treattnejit resolves itself into proper feeding and correct-ing bad hygienic conditions. The child should have plenty ofnew milk and cream; and the juice of raw or underdone meat, orunderdone meat that has been pounded up, should be given inquantities suited to the age and powers of assimilation. Farina-ceous food should be restricted in amount, and in the case ofinfants forbidden. Abundance of fresh air and sunlight and at-tention to cleanliness are especially indicated. In the way ofmedicine cod-liver oil is the most important, and may almost belooked upon as a specific. It should be combined with syrup ofthe phos
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