Most excellent results may be obtained in difficult dentition from chiropractic adjustments. The major for the local condition is M.C.P., but if there are accompanying conditions such as diarrhea or indigestion, the combination will include the zones that may be involved. If there are gastric symptoms then we will include an S.P.; if the intestinal tract is involved then it will be necessary to adjust a lumbar. There are some cases that require adjustments at K.P. During dentition the child should be taken to the chiropractor for an analysis and should receive adjustments to keep him in a healthful condition. Certainly it is much better to have the child in perfect health during the time the teeth are appearing for under the most favorable conditions the cutting of the teeth is very trying on the child. The idea that cutting the teeth is responsible for many abnormal symptoms in children is very old, but it is now generally conceded that the eruption of the teeth in the healthy child will cause no disturbance in his health. CHAPTER III ANALYZING INFANTS CHAPTER III ANALYZING INFANTS One of the most baffling situations the chiropractor meets is in caring for sick babies. There are several reasons for this: The baby can give no assistance in the way of subjective symptoms. It is difficult to nerve trace with any degree of satisfaction and assurance of accuracy; it is even very difficult to keep the child still for palpation. Therefore, it becomes necessary to rely largely upon the objective symptoms and the palpation, with what verification may be obtained from nerve tracing and the spinograph. However, there is no class of patients in which the results are so gratifying as with the babies and small children, for they respond to adjustments more readily than does the adult. There is no time in the practice of the chiropractor when he needs to have better self-control than when he is taking care of infants. There is great need of every faculty that is employed in the analyzing and adjusting, especially if the child is seriously ill. Usually the parents are more or less excited and worried and are likely to keep urging the chiropractor to do something and thus unduly influence him unless he is accustomed to such cases. If the child is in pain and crying it is likely to get on the nerve of every one present and this will tend to make the chiropractor nervous. He must be careful that these things do not influence him to act too hastily before he has had time to make a careful analysis. History of the Case