Modern diagnosis and treatment of diseases of childern; a treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of infancy anf childhood . Fig. 159—Rachitic Bow-legs, Jug-shaped Abdo-men, and Separation of Epi-physes — Double-jointed.(Sheffield.) RACHITIS. 501 extreme cases, where, as a rule, growth is greatly retarded, thecurvatures persist and require forcible corrective measures. The muscles generally participate in the rachitic are thin and flabby and partly responsible for the difficultyin sitting and walking (pseudoparalysis), abdominal distention Sraiysk(pot-belly), and for the con
Modern diagnosis and treatment of diseases of childern; a treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of infancy anf childhood . Fig. 159—Rachitic Bow-legs, Jug-shaped Abdo-men, and Separation of Epi-physes — Double-jointed.(Sheffield.) RACHITIS. 501 extreme cases, where, as a rule, growth is greatly retarded, thecurvatures persist and require forcible corrective measures. The muscles generally participate in the rachitic are thin and flabby and partly responsible for the difficultyin sitting and walking (pseudoparalysis), abdominal distention Sraiysk(pot-belly), and for the constipation and prolapsus recti. The Fig. 160.—Rachitic Knock-knees. Note also infraction ofleft femur. (Sheffield.) muscular insufficiency may be associated with overfatness ( seeFig. 158) and mask the local rachitic manifestations. The ligaments are more or less lax allowing undue mobility atthe larger joints, and giving rise to the abnormality known asdouble-joints. ,,,l,,i Coincidently with and in a measure because of the grossalterations in the body framework manifold changes occur alsoin the functions and structures of other components of the body. Respiratorydifficulties. 502 DISTURBANCES OF METABOLISM. The respiratory system suffers early. The contracted chestcompresses its contents and disturbs the equilibrium of thethoracic and abdominal organs. The area of breathing space isreduced, hence, respiration more or less interfered with, and thetendency to respiratory disease greatly increased. The latter isfavored also by the timidity of the parents to expose their delicatebabies to outdoor air. keeping them huddl
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