A text-book on hygiene and pediatrics from a chiropractic standpointCraven, J. H. (John Henry)
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A text-book on hygiene and pediatrics from a chiropractic standpoint
Craven, J. H. (John Henry)
Children -- Diseases; Chiropractic; Sanitation
The incoördinations found in the digestive tract will include all
forms of indigestion and dysentery. Such incoördinations as pneumonia
and bronchitis will involve the respiratory tract. From the kidneys
there are the various conditions involving the poison family due
to improper elimination. Meningitis and all forms of cerebral
incoördinations as well as conditions of the eyes and ears are common
to infancy and childhood.
It must be remembered that with an infant grave symptoms may develop
in a very short time, likewise recovery may take place very quickly
following even the most alarming symptoms. However, no chances
should be taken for it is not uncommon for an infant previously in
good health to become sick very suddenly and die within a few hours.
Therefore, in handling children most careful attention should be
given and conditions should always be regarded more or less serious
until developments prove otherwise. The chiropractor must realize
that his success in handling infants does not depend entirely upon
his observations of the case, for with every patient there must be
a thorough and complete analysis of the spine. The only value to be
received from the observations is that they may lead him to specific
regions of the spine.
The Child’s Cry
It is not uncommon for an infant to cry with no apparent localized
cause. This crying may continue for hours with no other symptoms.
There will be no indication of colic or other symptoms to denote
the seat of the pain. The crying is constant and, while in some
cases may be quite violent, yet there are no paroxysmal attacks;
this indicates that the pain is constant. It is easily distinguished
from a hunger cry in that the child usually refuses to nurse. If the
crying persists for hours there will be more or less exhaustion.
Such cases are very pitiful and draw heavily upon the sympathies of
the chiropractor as well as upon other attendants. In such cases
the first thing to do is to strip the infant of all clothing and
look for open safety pins, rough places in the clothing, such as
folds or wrinkles; foreign objects, as small buttons, for example.
Usually, however, this will be done before the chiropractor is
called. It may be an advantage for the chiropractor to observe the
infant very carefully for a few minutes after the clothing has been
removed, in an effort to locate the seat of the pain. However, this
is not so very important because first, in most of these cases it is
practically impossible to determine the location of pain, and second,
because a very careful palpation of the child will always reveal the
causative subluxation. In making the analysis the chiropractor should
give himself plenty of time to make a thorough palpation. He should
not be in too great a hurry to adjust the child merely because of
his anxiety to relieve the crying. He must not allow the incessant
crying of the child to work upon his nerve and destroy his efficiency
in caring for the patient.
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