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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ganisms inthe mouth, found that most of thiMn could again be found in the intestinalcanal. MoK) describes the bacilhis acidophilus, w hidi is a constant inhabilantin both the small and large intestine. It has the pii^pcriv o coagulatingcows milk, but not human milk. The bacillus bilidus lonnnunis will ehieflv 244 DISEASES OF THE INTESTINES. be found in the intestine of a breast-fed infant. It is anaerobic. The bac-terium coli communis and bacterium lactis aerogenes are largely concernedin the formation of lactic acid. The colon bacillus generates indol as well.The role played by bacteria is not yet well understood. It is quite possiblethat, instead of doing harm, some bacteria do good. This is especiallynoted when all bacteria are destroyed by sterilization, and bacteria-free milkis fed. Such prolonged feeding may result in scur^^y. DiARRHCEA.i By diarrhoea is meant too frequent stools. This increased peristalsisis usually due to some specific cause. Infants on a liquid diet are more
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Fisf, 64.—Bacterium Lactis Aerogenes. prone to loose evacuations than older children on a solid or semi-solid diet.Children suffering from rickets or atrophy infantum, or any form of mal-nutrition, are more prone to the development of diarrhoea. The cause ofthe bulk of the cases of diarrhoea seen by me during the last fifteen years,in one of the largest dispensaries of New York City, was bottle-feeding.Out of 1000 cases of diarrhoea 900 were bottle-fed and lived amid poorh3gienic surroundings. In 90 cases the children were breast-fed, but therewas a disturbance during lactation. This disturbance was pregnancy,menstruation, tuberculosis, or syphilis in the mother, or prolonged nursingwith deficient fats and protein. In 10 cases there was no assignable cause excepting the subnormal con-dition of the body due to an excess of midsummer heat. See also chapter on Intoxication, DIARRHCEA. 245 Contaminated Milk.—Impurities, such as bacteria, filth, and chemicalproducts due to fermentatio

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