Direct causes,

        Early life, influence on causation,

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        Climate, influence of, on causation,

        Air, bad, influence of, on causation,

        Defective maternal nutrition, influence of, on causation,

        Intestinal catarrh, influence of, on causation,

        Improper food, influence of, on causation,

        Pulmonary diseases, influence of, on causation,

        Hereditary nature of,

        Gout, influence of, on causation,

        Syphilis, influence of, on causation,

        Malaria, influence of, on causation,

        Intra-uterine and congenital forms, causes and symptoms,

    Symptoms,

        Mode of development in infants,

                in older infants,

        Head, appearance of,

            sweating of,

            condition of sutures,

                of fontanels,

                of cranial bones,

        Craniotabes,

        Cranial sclerosis,

        Brain and meninges, condition of,

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        Brain compression,

        Intellect, state of,

        Convulsions,

        Laryngismus stridulus,

        Face, alterations in,

        Maxillary bone, lower, changes in,

        Teething, anomalies of,

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        Vertebral columns, changes in,

        Kyphosis, occurrence of,

        Ribs, changes in,

            tenderness of,

            beading of,

        Chest, alterations in shape,

        Heart and lungs, condition of,

        Pneumonia, catarrhal, frequency of,

        Bronchial and tracheal catarrh, tendency to,

                glands, enlargement of,

        Abdomen, enlargement of,

        Pelvis, deformities of,

        Liver, changes in,

            degeneration, amyloid,

        Spleen and kidneys, degeneration, amyloid,

        Tonsils, enlargement of,

        Tongue, condition of,

        Stomach, condition of,

        Intestinal tract, condition of,

        Constipation, significance of,

        Kidneys, changes in,

        Extremities, appearance of,

            bones of, changes in,

        Bones, curvatures of,

                causes of,

        Skin, disorders of,

        Alopecia, circumscribed,

        Of rachitis, acute,

            Nature,

    Prognosis, favorable nature of,

        Influence of complications on,

    Treatment,

        Preventive,

        Pre-natal,

        Of intestinal disorders,

        Diet,

        Milk, use of,

            mode of administration,

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        Weaning, proper time for,

        Of craniotabes,

            perspiration,

            laryngismus stridulus,

            convulsions,

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            complications,

            constipation,

                by diet,

                by strychnia,

            deformities,

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                by gymnastic exercises,

                by mechanical apparatus,

        Use of alkalies,

            of acids,

            of baths, salt,

                hot,

                    mode of applying,

            of beef-tea,

                mode of preparation,

            of bromides of potassium and sodium,

            of chloral hydrate,

            of cod-liver oil,

            of iron,

            of lime,

            of lime-water, proper dose,

            of malt extracts,

            of phosphate of lime,

            of phosphorus,