. Diseases of children. d short-ening and bowing of the upper and lower spine is also curved. There is prominence of thelower jaw and a pug-nose; a peculiar separation of thefingers, called the trident hand, and prominent have normal intellect. Deaf-mutism is due to congenital or early loss ofhearing. As the child has never heard spoken words heis unable to imitate the proper sounds. It may alsodevelop in children who have begun to talk, but in whomthe deafness occurs at such an early age that they soonlose the memory of what they have accomplished. Congenital myot
. Diseases of children. d short-ening and bowing of the upper and lower spine is also curved. There is prominence of thelower jaw and a pug-nose; a peculiar separation of thefingers, called the trident hand, and prominent have normal intellect. Deaf-mutism is due to congenital or early loss ofhearing. As the child has never heard spoken words heis unable to imitate the proper sounds. It may alsodevelop in children who have begun to talk, but in whomthe deafness occurs at such an early age that they soonlose the memory of what they have accomplished. Congenital myotonia (spasmodic affections) is anaffection of the muscles in which a spasmodic rigidity isobserved when the child brings them into action afterrepose. It lasts for a few moments and may recur whenvolimtary movements are again attempted. It is in-curable, but tends to improve with muscular exercise. Aphasia is a failure of word memory, an inability toutter words, to comprehend them, or to write them. NERVOUS DISEASES 217. -The trident hands in achondroplasia (Fussell, McCombs, deSchweinitz,and Pancoast).
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