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Rickets, Male and Female Children

Children, aged six, suffering from rachitis and showing severe deformities compared to normally grown children. Rickets is among the most frequent childhood diseases in many developing countries. The predominant cause is a vitamin D deficiency, but lack of adequate calcium in the diet may also lead to rickets. A sufficient amount of ultraviolet B light in sunlight each day and adequate supplies of calcium and phosphorus in the diet can prevent rickets. Darker-skinned people need to be exposed longer to the ultraviolet rays. The replacement of vitamin D has been proven to correct rickets using these methods of ultraviolet light therapy and medicine. No photographer credited, undated.

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Title: Rickets, Male and Female Children

Caption: Children, aged six, suffering from rachitis and showing severe deformities compared to normally grown children. Rickets is among the most frequent childhood diseases in many developing countries. The predominant cause is a vitamin D deficiency, but lack of adequate calcium in the diet may also lead to rickets. A sufficient amount of ultraviolet B light in sunlight each day and adequate supplies of calcium and phosphorus in the diet can prevent rickets. Darker-skinned people need to be exposed longer to the ultraviolet rays. The replacement of vitamin D has been proven to correct rickets using these methods of ultraviolet light therapy and medicine. No photographer credited, undated.

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Print size: 27.2 × 36.8 cm | 1263.4 × 1712.6 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 20 20TH XX XXTH TWENTIETH CENTURY • 20 XX TWENTIETH CENTURY • 20TH CENTURY • 20TH • 6 YEARS OLD • ABNORMAL • ADOLESCENT • AGE 6 • AGE SIX • BANDINESS • BANDY-LEG • BLACK & WHITE • BONE DISEASE • BONE DISORDER • BOW LEGGED • BOW LEGS • BOW-LEGGED • BOW-LEGGEDNESS • BOWED LEGS • BOWLEGGED • BOWLEGS • BOY • BW • CALCIUM DEFICIENCY • CALCIUM DEFICIENT • CHILD • CHILDHOOD DISEASE • CHILDREN • DEFORMATION • DEFORMED • DISEASE • DISORDER • GENU VARUM • GIRL • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • MALFORMATION • MALFORMED • MALNUTRITION • MEDICAL • MEDICAL: HISTORY • MEDICINAL • MEDICINE • MESS • MESSY • OSTEOMALACIA • PAEDIATRICS • PATHOLOGY • PEDIATRICS • PHOTO • PHOTOGRAPH • RACHITIS • RICKETS • SCIENCE • SIX YEARS OLD • SKELETAL DISEASE • SKELETAL DISORDER • TIBIA VARA • TWENTIETH CENTURY • UNHEALTHY • VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY • VITAMIN DEFICIENCY • VITAMIN DEFICIENT • YOUNG • YOUTH