Vol. 60, 1909 - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

440 THE CHARLOTTB MEDICAL JOURNAL. ]
Chronic Appendicitis m Children. children. He doubts any such connection |
Comby thinks that this condition is much with angina as iri often assumed, but does '
more common than is generally supposed, note an apparent relation to influenza. He
and that while usually the diagnosis"is not 's also doubtful regarding any special relamade
unless an acute exacerbation calls
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tion between diet and appendicitis. He special attention to the appendix, careful emphasizes, however, the importance of in-
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observation on the part of the physician fectious enteritis, especially folicular colitis,
may lead to earlier recognition of the trou- i" tbe etiology.
ble^ and consequently an earlier cure. He He thinks that too little attention is giv'en |
reports having observed over 120 cases of to possible appendicitis in childhood; that
chronic appendicitis, which form the basis vomiting and abdominal pain are too often 1
of this article. slighted, and that laxatives are given too I
The etiology is often vague. The dis- o^^en and too carelessly in such conditions, ease mav occur in well nourished children, "e calls attention to the difficulty in diagwithout
'previous intestinal disease, and in "Of^ m young children nientionmg especthese
some general cause—heredity, family
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'^lly- besides other conditions discussed by predisposition, etc., may plav apart. More