Modern diagnosis and treatment of diseases of childern; a treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of infancy anf childhood . e hands and feet) . Stiffness rapidly becomes stiff, board-like, and very painful, so much so interfering J . . with different that the different functions of the body (mastication, deglutition, functions of J v ° the body. respiration, etc.) are interfered with and the condition greatlyresembles that of cerebral rigidity. In some cases cutaneous edema predominates (dcrmatomyosi-Hs), in others a hemorrhagic condition of the skin and mucousmembrane (polymyositis hem
Modern diagnosis and treatment of diseases of childern; a treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of infancy anf childhood . e hands and feet) . Stiffness rapidly becomes stiff, board-like, and very painful, so much so interfering J . . with different that the different functions of the body (mastication, deglutition, functions of J v ° the body. respiration, etc.) are interfered with and the condition greatlyresembles that of cerebral rigidity. In some cases cutaneous edema predominates (dcrmatomyosi-Hs), in others a hemorrhagic condition of the skin and mucousmembrane (polymyositis hemorrhagica). Some cases developvery slowly and lead to overgrowth of the connective tissue(myositis fibrosa). In trichinosis the polymyositis is usually |-_i; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. Trichinosis preceded by gastrointestinal disturbances, and the stools and thewitahSgastro- muscles reveal trichinae spiralis. disturbance 1 children the course of the disease is usually milder than in adults and. as a rule, ends in recovery. Treatment, symptomatic; thorough cleansing of the alimentarytract; relief of pain by Fig. 135.—Multiple Exostoses. The tumors, varying insize from a pea to a walnut, were especially numerous at thecostosternal articulations, the wrist-, knee- and ankle-joints. (Sheffield. I MYOSITIS OSSIFICANS. Myositis ossificans multiplex progressiva is a disease of child-hood, the majority of the cases on record having been observedin children under ten years of age. Anatomically it is charac- Begins inthe neckand back. MYOSITIS OSSIFICANS. 427 terized by progressive interstitial connective-tissue proliferation,with consecutive ossification. The affection begins with themuscles of the neck and back, then spreads to those of theextremities, and, finally, involves the masseter and temporalmuscles. The etiology of the disease is unknown. It is possibly due toa congenital anomaly of the connective-tissue structure. The onset is sudden with fever, and a soft, pa
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