The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . gh in certain cases it is a complication of sepsis, etc. Thepathogeny of primary icterus is obscure, although this affection occurs so fre-quently that it may almost be regarded as physiological. It is often associatedwith uric-acid infarcts in the kidney. Primary icterus appears during the firstweek of life and lasts but a few days. It does not begin in the conjunctivae,which are involved after the skin. The child loses weight during the evolutionof the disease. It is almost impossible to differentiat
The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . gh in certain cases it is a complication of sepsis, etc. Thepathogeny of primary icterus is obscure, although this affection occurs so fre-quently that it may almost be regarded as physiological. It is often associatedwith uric-acid infarcts in the kidney. Primary icterus appears during the firstweek of life and lasts but a few days. It does not begin in the conjunctivae,which are involved after the skin. The child loses weight during the evolutionof the disease. It is almost impossible to differentiate primary icterus fromthe jaundice which accompanies sepsis, syphilis, malformations of the hepatictissues, etc. Nor is it possible to distinguish between a primary icterus fromanomalous action of the liver and a hypothetical hematogenous form. Jaundiceof the newly bom might also be of fetal origin in certain cases, and under thesecircumstances the pigment would come from the mother. Little or no specialtreatment is required, although syrup of rhubarb and calomel are often Fig. 1032.—Bilateral Mastitis of the NewlyBorn.—(Authors case at the Emergency Hos-pital.) 852 THE PATHOLOGY OF THE NEWLY BORN. VII. GENERAL POST-PARTUM CONDITIONS. ;?. Ulceratton of the Hard Palate, Bednars Disease. 2. Sublingual Cysts, j. Colic. 5. Diarrhea. 6. Constipation. 7. Intestinal Obstructions. 8. Convulsions. 10. Infantile Cachexia. 11. Sudden Death. 12. Medication of theNewly Born. 1. Ulceration of the Hard Palate, Bednars Disease.—This is characterizedby the formation upon the hard palate of two ulcers, one on each side of themedian line; occasionally only one may be present. They are at first super-ficial. It is supposed to be caused by friction against the rubber nipple, bythe habit of tongue-sucking, or by rough and careless manipulations in cleansingthe childs mouth. Marasmus is a predisposing cause. The treatment isremoval of the cause if possib
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