. Medical diseases of infancy and childhood. e ^^ tuberculous type is by no means exemptfrom scrofulous disease of bones and glands, nor the scrofuloustype from acute tuberculosis, whether general or limited to themeninges or lungs. General Tuberculosis.—General tuberculosis occurs in childrenunder two forms ; (1) acute general tuberculosis, which conforms tothe type of an acute specific fever; (2) chronic or subacute generaltuberculosis, in which the patient passes into a cachectic condition. Acute General Tuberculosis is due to a general infection involv-ing many organs without a preponderat
. Medical diseases of infancy and childhood. e ^^ tuberculous type is by no means exemptfrom scrofulous disease of bones and glands, nor the scrofuloustype from acute tuberculosis, whether general or limited to themeninges or lungs. General Tuberculosis.—General tuberculosis occurs in childrenunder two forms ; (1) acute general tuberculosis, which conforms tothe type of an acute specific fever; (2) chronic or subacute generaltuberculosis, in which the patient passes into a cachectic condition. Acute General Tuberculosis is due to a general infection involv-ing many organs without a preponderating affection of any of the general system is no doubt derived from some pre-existing local tuberculous lesion, but this may not have been observedduring life, and after death may be recognized with difficulty. Theprimary lesion is most often in the tracheal, bronchial, or mesentericlymphatic glands; more rarely in the bones, the lungs, or the kid-neys. General infection is in many cases, probably in the large Fig. 11. d c b.
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