Nephritis in infancy

Although the subject of nephritis has been studied from many aspects, comparatively few reports are extant on the manifestations of the disease as it occurs in infancy. In this communication are discussed the cases of nephritis, ten in number, occurring in infants under eighteen months admitted to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, during the past three years. The cases described constitute 0(4 per cent. of total admissions to the medical wards of the same age period and 5 5 per cent. of all cases of acute nephritis under thirteen years.