Care and feeding of infants and children; a text-book for trained nurses . ually suffer from rickets, andoften in an aggravated form. A diet poor in fat seems to pre-dispose to the disease. Experiments have shown that younglions who were weaned early and fed exclusively on raw meatdeveloped the disease. Upon the addition of milk and cod-liveroil they were soon cured. Symptoms.—Although the most marked changes are in theskeleton, the first symptoms are usually constitutional. Thebaby is fretful, sleeps badly, and when it is taken up the pillowwhere the head has rested is often wet with perspira
Care and feeding of infants and children; a text-book for trained nurses . ually suffer from rickets, andoften in an aggravated form. A diet poor in fat seems to pre-dispose to the disease. Experiments have shown that younglions who were weaned early and fed exclusively on raw meatdeveloped the disease. Upon the addition of milk and cod-liveroil they were soon cured. Symptoms.—Although the most marked changes are in theskeleton, the first symptoms are usually constitutional. Thebaby is fretful, sleeps badly, and when it is taken up the pillowwhere the head has rested is often wet with perspiration.(There is often a spot on the back of the head the size of thepalm of the hand where the hair has been completely rubbed ISO CARE OF INFANTS AND CFIILDREN ofif from rolling the head about on the pillow.) There is oftena slight elevation of temperature. Tenderness of the bones isoften an early symptom, and when the baby is raised in theordinary manner, or if the legs are touched, it cries as if in infrequently, after the baby has begun to walk it suddenly. 70.—Characteristic sitting position of a child with —Bow-legs. (Willards Childhood Surgery.) ceases again, and sits wath legs crossed and cannot be persuadedto make the efifort to stand or walk (Fig. 70). Changes in the Bones.—Later there is marked evidenceof changes in the bones. The enlargement of the epiphyses atthe wrists and ankles and the rhachitic rosary (Fig. 78). the DISEASES OF NUTRITION 151 beaded condition of the junction of the ribs and sternum, areearly evidences of the changes in the bones. Bow-LEGs.—Later there may be marked deformity of the longbones of the legs or arms, and of the spine. Every case ofbow-legs is the result of rickets (Figs. 71 and y2). The changes in the shape of the pelvis in girls may later inlife result in great difficulty in the bearing of children. Craniotabes.—The bones of the head often show markedchanges. They are sometimes so softthat the
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