Diseases of children, for nurses, including infant feeding, therapeutic measures employed in childhood, treatment for emergencies, prophylaxis, hygiene, and nursing . Fig. 76.—Genu valgum. Female childfive years old (Napier). Fig. 77.—Genu varum from rachitis (Napier). Hie usual cause is rickets, especially if children withthis disease are permitted to stand or walk early. A thickdiaper may at times cause bow-legs. Bowing of the tibia is a deformity of rickets, and is seenin connection with knock-knees and bow-legs. Coxa vara is a deformity of the neck of the femur sothat it is at a right angl
Diseases of children, for nurses, including infant feeding, therapeutic measures employed in childhood, treatment for emergencies, prophylaxis, hygiene, and nursing . Fig. 76.—Genu valgum. Female childfive years old (Napier). Fig. 77.—Genu varum from rachitis (Napier). Hie usual cause is rickets, especially if children withthis disease are permitted to stand or walk early. A thickdiaper may at times cause bow-legs. Bowing of the tibia is a deformity of rickets, and is seenin connection with knock-knees and bow-legs. Coxa vara is a deformity of the neck of the femur sothat it is at a right angle with the shaft of the bone. It is due to various causes, such as poliomyelitis, dis-ease of the epiphyses, or trauma with fracture. DISEASES OF THE BONES AND MUSCLES 2/3 The knees frequently pass each other with difficulty Supernumerary fingers and toes are defects of thehands and feet, also spoken of as polydactyUsm. Theextra digits are amputated. Webbed fingers may vary from a simple webbing tomore complete fusion (syndactylism). Achondroplasia, Chondrodystrophy.—Achondroplasiahas been known under the synonyms of chondrodys-trophia fetali
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