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A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF TREATMENT FOR THE SO-CALLED INTESTINAL INTOXICATION OF INFANTS

A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF TREATMENT FOR THE SO-CALLED INTESTINAL INTOXICATION OF INFANTS Intestinal intoxication, while perhaps less frequently seen now than formerly, is still not an uncommon condition, and one greatly feared because of incomplete knowledge in regard to pathogenesis and inadequate measures of treatment. The clinical picture is well known, and is in many respects similar to that reported in inanition fever of the new-born,1 Asiatic cholera,2 severe burns,3 high intestinal obstruction,4 traumatic and histamine shock,5 lethal war-gas poisoning,6 certain cases of influenza7 and induced dehydration in animals.8 The basis for correspondence in symptoms is probably to be found in increased blood concentration, a condition common to all of these otherwise unrelated maladies. Since morbid states such as these, wholly diverse in etiology, may present a similar clinical picture, pediatricians ought to recognize the probability that intestinal intoxication, so-called, is but a symptomcomplex dependent largely on abnormal concentration of the blood, a condition http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American journal of diseases of children American Medical Association

A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF TREATMENT FOR THE SO-CALLED INTESTINAL INTOXICATION OF INFANTS

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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1926 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
0096-8994
eISSN
1538-3628
DOI
10.1001/archpedi.1926.04130080072008
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Abstract

Intestinal intoxication, while perhaps less frequently seen now than formerly, is still not an uncommon condition, and one greatly feared because of incomplete knowledge in regard to pathogenesis and inadequate measures of treatment. The clinical picture is well known, and is in many respects similar to that reported in inanition fever of the new-born,1 Asiatic cholera,2 severe burns,3 high intestinal obstruction,4 traumatic and histamine shock,5 lethal war-gas poisoning,6 certain cases of influenza7 and induced dehydration in animals.8 The basis for correspondence in symptoms is probably to be found in increased blood concentration, a condition common to all of these otherwise unrelated maladies. Since morbid states such as these, wholly diverse in etiology, may present a similar clinical picture, pediatricians ought to recognize the probability that intestinal intoxication, so-called, is but a symptomcomplex dependent largely on abnormal concentration of the blood, a condition

Journal

American journal of diseases of childrenAmerican Medical Association

Published: Aug 1, 1926

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