TABLE 5 DATA OF EPIDEMIC OF SCURVY ==================================================================== |Age|Weight| Site of | | | Case| , |_lbs._| Hemor- | Date | Diet | Remarks |Mos| _oz._| rhages | | | -----+---+------+----------+-------+--------------+----------------- 1. | 6½| 9 6|Humerus, |Apr. 19|Breast milk |Grippe since end J. H.| | | tibia, | | (1 week); | of February; | | | face. | | pasteurized | nephritis; | | 10 4|Upper |May 9| milk | v. Pirquet | | | eyelid | | previously. | negative. 2. | 5| 12 14|External |May 4|Pasteurized |Twitchings and L. S.| | | ear, | | milk formula;| convulsions; | | | parietal | | orange juice | signs of intoxi- | | | bones, | | 1 oz. daily | cation; red | | | vertebral| | since April | cells in urine | | | column, | | 22. | blood fever to | | | abdominal| | | 101° F.; v. Pir- | | | wall | | | quet negative. 3. | 10| 12 8|Femur |Apr. 19|Pasteurized |Grippe end of A. R.| | | | | milk formula;| January; again | | | | | vegetables | in April; fever | | |Femur |June 4| for a month; | until April 17; | | | again | | orange juice | v. Pirquet | | | swollen | | longer; get- | positive; | | | and | | ting orange | gums negative. | | | tender. | | juice and | | | | | | vegetables. | 4. | 5| 7 |Both ears;|Apr. 29|Breast milk |Grippe through- D. E.| | | parietal | | since April | out March; in- | | | bones. | | 19; May 30, | toxication; | | | | | changed to | nephritis; no | | | | | pasteurized | relapse although | | | | | milk. | no orange juice | | | | | | given. 5. | 10| 15 13|Ear and |Apr. 27|Pasteurized |Two teeth; T. K.| | | face | | milk, cereal,| gums negative; | | | | | vegetable, | v. Pirquet | | | | | soup; orange | negative. | | | | | juice since | | | | | | April 15. | 6. | 4| 8 4|Tibia |May 8|Pasteurized |Grippe end of P. G.| | | | | milk | February and | | | | | formula. | first half of | | | | | | March gained 20
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