Care and feeding of infants and children; a text-book for trained nurses . 152 CARE OF INFANTS AND CHILDREN It is much easier to prevent deformities than to correct them. When deformities have already begun much may be done byproper apparatus in the hands of a skilful physician to preventfurther deformity and to correct those already present. Scurvy, Scorbutus (Barlows Disease)Etiology.—Scurvy is a disease of nutrition, resulting fromimproper food and particularly from the exclusive use of a food. Fig. 73.—Square shaped head characteristic in severe rickets. which has been sterilized. The dise
Care and feeding of infants and children; a text-book for trained nurses . 152 CARE OF INFANTS AND CHILDREN It is much easier to prevent deformities than to correct them. When deformities have already begun much may be done byproper apparatus in the hands of a skilful physician to preventfurther deformity and to correct those already present. Scurvy, Scorbutus (Barlows Disease)Etiology.—Scurvy is a disease of nutrition, resulting fromimproper food and particularly from the exclusive use of a food. Fig. 73.—Square shaped head characteristic in severe rickets. which has been sterilized. The disease is probably the samefrom which sailors suffered in the days of sailing vessels, whenthey were forced to exist for long periods without any fresh fruitor vegetables in their diet. Since the patent foods have come into such general use, thenumber of cases of scurvy in infants has markedly increased. DISEASES OF NUTRITION 153 Scurvy in children was formerly thought to be one of thesymptoms of a severe rickets. It was demonstrated by SirThomas Barlow in 1883 to be a separate disease. It is common.
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