FOOTNOTE:
[178] This material was published in the American Medical Journal, Vol. 77, No. 20, Nov. 12, 1921, by Dr. William E. Carter, Dept. Pediatrics, University of California Medical School, San Francisco, Calif.
THE NUTRITIONAL INDEX—THE “PELIDISI”
Pirquet believes that the sitting height is a basis for the more accurate estimation of the nutritional state than is the standing height. It was demonstrated that the cube of the sitting height in centimeters is approximately ten times the weight in grams of the normal person. With this formula in mind, it becomes easy to compute the nutritional state in percentages, when the sitting height and the weight are known. The formula would read:
or
ADDENDA TO INDEX
Diet, in fevers, [244]
in infectious diseases, [244], [244j]
Diphtheria, [244d], [244k]
complications of, [244d], [244k]
convalescent diet in, [244e], [244k]
dietetic treatment of, [244e], [244k]
gavage in, [244k]
rectal feeding in, [244e], [244k]
Fevers, diet in, [244]
Infant feeding, in infectious diseases, [244]
Infectious diseases, diet in, [244], [244j]
infant feeding in, [244]
restricting diet in, [244a]
Measles, [244h], [244l]
complications of, [244h], [244l]
dietetic treatment of, [244i], [244l]
Nephritis in scarlet fever, [244c], [244j]
Scarlet fever, [244b], [244j]
convalescent treatment in, [244d]
dietetic treatment of, [244c], [244j]
nephritis in, [244c], [244j]
Whooping cough, [244e], [244k]
after-effects of, [244f]
complications of, [244f], [244k]
dietetic treatment of, [244f], [244k]
hygiene and sanitation in, [244g]