Diseases of children for nurses . Fig. 37.—Stomach of infant at birth, natural size (J. P. C Griffith). The position at birth is peculiar in that it is almostvertical instead of being horizontal. This explains theease with which newly born babes regurgitate. There isno attending discomfort, being like the running over ofa filled bottle. Digestion of Milk.—Mothers milk is coagulated intolight, flocculent curds. Cows milk is coagulated intotough, compact masses, and it takes about a half hour 120 DISEASES OF CHILDREN FOR NURSES longer for the stomach to empty itself of this diet than itdoes of m
Diseases of children for nurses . Fig. 37.—Stomach of infant at birth, natural size (J. P. C Griffith). The position at birth is peculiar in that it is almostvertical instead of being horizontal. This explains theease with which newly born babes regurgitate. There isno attending discomfort, being like the running over ofa filled bottle. Digestion of Milk.—Mothers milk is coagulated intolight, flocculent curds. Cows milk is coagulated intotough, compact masses, and it takes about a half hour 120 DISEASES OF CHILDREN FOR NURSES longer for the stomach to empty itself of this diet than itdoes of mothers milk. Vomiting is a condition arising from a large numberof sources. It may be watery or mucous; bilious or green,which occurs in any case where vomiting and straining arecontinued; bloody (hematemesis); or purulent, resultingfrom the rupture of an abscess into the stomach or Fig. 38.—The abdominal regions. The heavy line at the upper border showsthe extreme limit of the diaphragm. Imaginary lines divide the abdomen into differentregions which, for the sake of clearness and precision, are known as the right and lefthypochondriac, the epigastric, the right and left lumbar, the umbilical, the right andleft inguinal or iliac, the hypogastric (Kerr). Fecal vomit (stercoraceous) is indicative of intestinalobstruction and is recognized by its odor and appearance. Projuse vomiting, where large quantities of frothy,fermented material are ejected, is significant of gastricdilatation. Vomiting without nausea, distress, or other gastric DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT 121 symptoms occurs in certain neuroses of the stomach, inhysteria, uremia, and in brain diseases, such as tumor ormeningitis. This form of vomiting is seen at the onsetof many fevers in childhood. Habit vomiting is the name given to that form of emesisin which children vomit from habit alone, no dise
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