Identifier: diseasesofinfan00fisc (find matches)
Title: Diseases of infancy and childhood
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Fischer, Louis, 1864- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Children
Publisher: Philadelphia, F. A. Davis company (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ldeex. Children are not born flatfooted. Very heavy children are predis-posed to flatfoot, especially if rickets is present. Laxity of the knees isusually found associated with this condition. Treatment.—Careful orthopjedic treatment is necessary. This usu-ally consists in wearing a properly fitting shoe in which the arch is sup-ported with the aid of a stiff steel or celluloid plate. At times a soft padof felt only is necessary. R. W. Lovett, of Boston, has contributed to the literature of thissubject, and the reader is referred to his writings for details on this matter. I LATERAL CURVATURE OF THE SPINE. 855 Scoliosis (Lateral Curvature of the Spine). A very frequent condition seen in weak children is curvature of thespine. Etiology.—Children that were bottle-fed in infancy and especiallythose having rickets usually develop this condition. Anaemic children andthose with flabby and atonic muscles are susceptible. It is especially dueto faulty liahits of posture in the schoolroom.
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Fig. 293.—Schoolgirl, Showing Lat- Fig. eral Curvature of the Spine, Due to Spine.Faulty Position. (Original.) inal.) 294.—Lateral Curvature ofArms folded. (Orig- Symptoms.—Unless the child is undressed, no special symptoms maybe noticed. At times a difference in the height of the shoulders and in thehips will be apparent. Pain is usually absent, although T have hoard chil-dren^ especially older girls, complain of backache constantly. Prognosis.—This is usually good. Treatment.—V\\v correction of a case of scoliosis demands the super-vision and a(l\ ici> of an orthopedist. In sonio forms of curvature a spinalcorset or hracc may he rc(;uircd. Many more cases rccpiiiv a plastor-of-Paris 856 DISEASES OF THE SPINE AND JOINTS. corset. Some Avriters advocate an overcorrection of this deformity^ to elimi-nate the cuvature, and secure normal conditions. Other observers warnagainst the overcorrection method.- All are agreed that the most valuablepart of the treatment consists, aft

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