Abstract
In his recent monograph on rickets, Hess 1 states that: Craniotabes is valuable in establishing the diagnosis of rickets, but, unless the course of the softening has been followed for several months it is often difficult to differentiate it from the craniotabes encountered in very young infants. Whether bowed legs are always due to rickets is by no means certain; it is a deformity that may appear after all other signs have disappeared, or, at times, in overweight children who have manifested no other signs of rickets. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE Since craniotabes develops in many infants suffering from rickets, it is frequently taken for granted that it is pathognomonic of the disease. Kassowitz 2 was strongly of this opinion, and believed he could cure it by the administration of phosphorus. There is, however, a softening of the cranial bones in young and premature infants, first described by Elsasser 3
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