Show 1 4 4 DR GIBSONS GIBSON'S ARTICLE ON BABY CARE CAREB to B UR DR STAHLEY ST GI GIBSO SO Ph aid III I vye-le vye e h Rickets Is a chronic nutritional der manifesting Its Us active chiefly between the sixth and eighteenth months It Is moro more than any other chronic disease among Infants living In Intemperate intemperate Intemperate temperate climates I The Tho exact c-acl cause ot of the condition Is not thoroughly understood though many factors leading leading to Its production are welt well recognized In- In In Infants Cants ants fed on cows cons milk are mote mOlo prone to the disease than breast bres led babies and those fed led on pro pro- proprietary proprietary pro proprietary foods such as for tor example condensed milk 01 ate ale e still more sus- sus susceptible sus susceptible Restricting the diet to milk alone after the baby la Is l old enough t to take tae cereals and ond vegetable SOUl soui encourages the tue development de of rickets Although the tho chief c ca cais Is due to faulty dl diet t poor po ventilation crowded quarters and lack of sunlight are also of ot Import Import- Importance importance Importance ance THE TILE S S The Thc appearance of an Infant with rickets Is 13 a familiar one esen en evento to 10 many ot of the laity The head is 15 rather squire and like box the tho an- an an anterior fontanelle remains more 1 widely Idey ope t ope-t th than in the normal baby and teething Is late lato and Ir- Ir Irregular Ir Irregular regular regis the Jho 1 ho chest is flattened and 1 where hero I the bony portion of ot the ribs Joins the cartilages In front little knobs I may be bo seen or felt the called so-called so I rachItic rosary The Tho ends of ot the tha bones at the wrists and amid ankles les are aN enlarged and the long bones are oft ri n bowed especially those be between tween tho the knee and the ankle In In other words rickets affects th bones very strikingly and because they are unduly soft sort occur It is not however a disease ot of otho the bones alone for Cor or all the tho other tissues of ot the body share In Inthe the nil flu nu damage Nor ate aie the tho bony changes the first S symptoms to ap- ap appear appear ap appear pear and the earll earlier r symptoms should be understood so that treat ment IDa ina inai be started riy Restlessness disturbed sleep c e c s sweating of the head sort and an paleness are among the early syrup syrup- symptoms symptoms toms Corns The mother may also ob- ob ob s I that the muscles are arc flabby tha that I the baby Is slower than the normal Infant In sitting silting standing or walking In other words w en lor the baby seems Inactive or at all backward backard In physical development I rickets should be suspected 1 01 OT L FAI Se DISI I Rickets Is not a 0 latal tatal disease though It II low 10 ers era the Infant Infants a 8 re- re re Increasing the frequency sod and seriousness of af other othor diseases In severe and long neglected cases toe bony changes ma result In Se- Se Serious se serious rious and permanent deformity The disease can be bo readily cured It if treatment Is begun early or bet bet- better better bet better ter still sUll It can caU be prevented alto alto- altogether altogether altogether gether The means of ot prevention and cute cuie are me use 10 same Proper diet Is essential In tho ho earlier months breast feeding i Is im important hen milk m J nus us he be begh gh gien en It should If possible ne Ie fresh tresh cows cow's milk rath rather r than one ole of foods containing ret ret- rel relatively little mil milk with Ith laige amounts of starch or sugar At the proper time timo orange juice julee ceral carI vegetable soup eggs and I meat should supplement the milk mill I diet Egg yolk has been found tobe tobe to 1 be ot of o special value The baby should be out In tho ho sunlight tor for several hours dally daily If the weather permits permit oil will Ill PI C Cent ent rickets and it will produce produce pro- pro produce duce rapid Improvement when hen the tho dIsease Is already present r US tiSE Ln ER Oil Oils I Many physicians now recommend the routine use of ot oil I es-I es In lii artificial fed Ced babies lIe lIe- Be I with a it few tew drops II d dilly In InI inthe Inthe the tho third or fourth month the I dose can be gradually Increased un- un two or three teaspoons ate ale taken duly when hen th the baby is tic sh si c months old Next ext ext week Teething C right 1923 1925 r-B r NKA Inc |