The diseases of infants and children . due to prematurity or to ill-health of theparents. Pathological Anatomy.—^Any lesions found must be reganled onlyas secondary. Fatty changes in the liver arc often seen, but no morefreciucntly than in many other disorders in infancj. Bronchitis, broncho-lineumonia, atalcctasis, hypostatic pulmonary congestion, and intestinalderangements are also oten observed, and may, as complications, iiaveprecipitated the fatal ending. The lymphatic glands are .sDuietimesenlarged. Atrophy of the mucous membrane of the intestine may bepresent but appears to be the resul
The diseases of infants and children . due to prematurity or to ill-health of theparents. Pathological Anatomy.—^Any lesions found must be reganled onlyas secondary. Fatty changes in the liver arc often seen, but no morefreciucntly than in many other disorders in infancj. Bronchitis, broncho-lineumonia, atalcctasis, hypostatic pulmonary congestion, and intestinalderangements are also oten observed, and may, as complications, iiaveprecipitated the fatal ending. The lymphatic glands are .sDuietimesenlarged. Atrophy of the mucous membrane of the intestine may bepresent but appears to be the result of the general atrophy of the softtissues of the l)ody, and is frequently entirely absent. 1 Brit. M<m1. .Tourn., 1809, I, 1():ilirl). I. Kiiulcrli., lOOC), LXIIl, :ihrl). f. ISOS, XJAI. .).?).* Aincr. .loiini. .Med. Sri., 1<K)J. Nov. 612 THE DISEASES OF CHILDREN Symptoms.—The essential sj-mptom is progressive loss of emaciation finally becomes excessive, the face wrinkling all over with. Fig. 215.—Infantile a patient, aged 7 weeks, in the Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia. Had beenboarded out since birth. Temperature 95° to 98°F. (35° to °C.). 2 to 3 soft stoolsdaily. Death.
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