Diseases of infancy and childhood

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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
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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iginal.) Case B.—Follicular Type of Diphtheria. Child seven years old.Seen on second day of illness at the Willard Parker Hospital. The mem-brane involved the lacunse of the tonsils. Note the close resemblance tofollicular tonsillitis. Received in all 6,000 units of antitoxin. (Original.) Case C.—^Hemorrhagic Type of Diphtheria. Child seven and one-half years old. Seen on sixth day of illness at the Willard Parker Hospital.Tonsillar and post-pharyngeal exudate. Severe nasal and post-pharyngealhaemorrhages during exfoliation of membrane. Received in all 15,000 unitsof antitoxin. Throat clear on ninth day of illness. Myocarditis developed.Case discharged cured four weeks after admission. (Original.) Case D.—Septic Type of Diphtheria. Child eight years old. Seenon the fifth day of illness at the Willard Parker Hospital. The pseudo-membrane in this case covered the hard palate and extended in one largemass doA i the pharynx, completely hiding the tonsils. (Original.) ip yATV. XXII
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