. Journal - American Medical Association. rare disease every-where, though becoming more frequent. Chiefly becauseof its infrequency it is often unrecognized, and so reportsof single cases, even if they add nothing to the realknowledge of the .subject, may he useful by calling atten-tion to the existence of the disease when it might other-wise be ovcilooked. For this reason I report the firstcase that has been treated in the university hospital. Summary.—Case of infantile scurvy treated for two monthswith diagnoses of neuritis and probable anterior poliomyelitis,with sore mouth. Easily recogni
. Journal - American Medical Association. rare disease every-where, though becoming more frequent. Chiefly becauseof its infrequency it is often unrecognized, and so reportsof single cases, even if they add nothing to the realknowledge of the .subject, may he useful by calling atten-tion to the existence of the disease when it might other-wise be ovcilooked. For this reason I report the firstcase that has been treated in the university hospital. Summary.—Case of infantile scurvy treated for two monthswith diagnoses of neuritis and probable anterior poliomyelitis,with sore mouth. Easily recognized as infantile scurvy byocular projitosis with subcutaneous hemorrhages of the eye-lids, swelling and discoloration of gums, de-pression of anterior thoracic wall, swelling and tenderness ofwrists and ankles; slight rickets, sweating of head; rapidrecovery on change of food and use of orange juice. Iaticnt.—E. H., aged 10 months, admitted to tmiversity hos-pital Oct. 23. lOO.). The motluM-. aged 24. was very small as. Iig. 1.—Dr. DocIjs case of infantile scurvy. The photographwas talien after improvement began, and the front of the thoraxdoes not loolc so much lilse that of a cadaver after necropsy as Itdid in the beginning.
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