Identifier: diseasesofinfa00kopl (find matches)
Title: The diseases of infancy and childhood
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Koplik, Henry, 1858- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Children
Publisher: New York and Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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the eighteenth month (Fletcher BeachV Symptoms.—I have published cases in which the symptoms wereevident within a month or five weeks after birth. The history wasas follows: In one case there was another cretin in the family; inthe others there was no such history. The birth as a rule was nor-mal (Fig. 149). The infant was jaundiced, but fairly well nour-ished. It lay in a torpid state and was only roused when severelyteased. The infant was easily chilled. The cry was deep ami coarse. 720 LYMPH-NODES, DUCTLESS GLANDS AND BLOOD. The forehead was low and narrow. The eyelids were puffy. Thetongue was large, broad, and thick, at times protruding from themouth. The abdomen was large, and the thighs and legs were outof proportion to the length of the trunk. The skin had a greenishhue. The thyroid gland could not be found. The surface was cooland the rectal temperature 97° or 97.8° F. (36.1°-36.5° C). Theblood in these early cases has foetal characteristics. There isnoleuco- FiG. 164.
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Congenital sporadic cretinism. Infant, four weeks old. cytosis. In the cases which develop some months after birth theinfant may at first be bright and normal. Six to nine months afterbirth it may have had some slight illness, such as an adenitis, andafter this the change was noticed, or the change may have occurredwithout any preceding illness. The infant ceases to notice objectsabout it, and becomes stupid and weaker. It may previously haveattempted to walk or stand, but ceases to make an effort to do so( Plate XXXI.). The childs expression is idiotic. It has a mean-ingless smile most of the time and does not play. The skin has awrinkled and myxoedematous appearance, the color being not onlypale, but also greenish. The nose is flattened, the lips are thickened,and the hair becomes dry and sparse. The forehead is narrow and PLATE XXXI P*%

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