The diseases of children / by James Frederic Goodhart.

  • Goodhart, James Frederic, Sir, 1845-1916.
Date:
1894
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    iiieguiai—DOW confined and now relaxed SomP ^pf a sharp attack of fever (temp. 103'or loTfhe h«v? i 5 the child restless and fretful. Others .^^lons and a still larger number have threatenin-s of tian usunfr ^^^ularity of muscular movement than usual, temporary contracture of feet and hand, or strabismus. Most children at this time have an excessive dribbling of saliva, are frequently biting be a ht^Jf T- ^'^d there may be a little superficial ulceration of the mouth. IncU- gestion IS common. The child sufiers with heartburn and oflensive eructations, while lichen urticatus (stro- phulus) appears upon the sldn. Convulsions are not a common ailment of dentition per se, and it is the opinion of West, Henoch, and many other observers, with iick^ets'^^ '^^''^ ^^^^ ^^''i'*' association The dribbling of saliva is a most iuterestin? phenomenon-whether it is due to the irritation o1' the teeth, or to the physiological activity of growth to which I have already alluded. And I may here add, as a hint derived from the late Mi- ll. Moon, at one time dental surgeon to Guys Hospital, that there are divers peculiarities in the character of the saliva in \-arious (ligesti\ e and other ailments. This we know in the dryness of mouth which occurs in some diseases; the acidity Avhich occurs in others. And Mr. Moon tells of a peculiar viscidity of the secretion which is pre-eminently, detrimental to'the dental enamel.