Food Intoxication of Infants. 



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carbon dioxide are 38 and 45 mm., and that the great majority 

 fall between 39 and 42 mm. It is possible to obtain with the same 

 child comparable results from day to day. The difference may be 

 2 mm. — sometimes more, but usually not so much. Occasionally, 

 one determination is very much too low, but after a certain amount 

 of experience, good results are obtained almost every time. 



In contra-distinction to the regularity with the normal patients 

 are the results with those suffering with "intoxication." There 

 is no danger of confusion. 



Intoxication. 



XT 



No. 



Date. 



ivim. 



Dyspnea. 



Alkali. 



1 



Sep. 22 



21.2 



+ + + 



given 





23 



42.0 



0 







" 24 



54-0 



0 



stopped 





" 24 



55-0 



0 







" 25 



4i-3 



0 





11 



Sep. 28 



18.0 



+ + + 



given 



11 



" 28 



17.8 



+ + + 





11 



29 



21.3 



+ + 





11 



" 30 



32.8 



+ 





in 



Sep. 27 



27.0 



+ + 



given 



in 



" 28 



34-0 



+ 





in 



" 29 



36.0 



0 





IV 



Nov. 16 



32.8 



+ 



given 



IV 



" 17 



36.8 



+ 





IV 



" 20 



59-0 



0 



stopped 



IV 



" 24 



48.2 



0 





IV 



Dec. 2 



44.8 



0 





V 





27.8 



+ + 





VI 





30.4 



+ + 





VII 





24.4 



+ + + 





VIII 





27.0 



+ + 





The chart shows single observations on four patients and a 

 series of observations on four other patients. It will be noticed 

 that the carbon dioxide is almost always very low. The highest 

 that we have found is 33 mm.; in one it was 18 mm. Associated 

 with the low pressure there is almost always great dyspnea. We 

 have given, therapeutically, alkali in large doses by mouth, by 

 rectum and subcutaneously. If the alkali is absorbed there is a 

 rapid improvement in the dyspnea and coincident with this a 

 marked rise in the carbon dioxide tension, — in several instances to 

 a point much above normal (up to 59 mm. in one case). When 



