Rickets softens the bones and can cause deformities such as bow legs or chest and pelvis abnormalities, which may require corrective surgery. The condition was widespread in Victorian times when ...

A. Palm, first directed the attention of the scientific world to the curative effect of sunlight on rickets. L. J. Harris 1, when dealing with the frequency of the occurrence of rickets in ...

Rickets, a disease often thought of as being a thing of the past, has seen an alarming resurgence across the country. The condition causes deformed bone growth and in the worst cases, seizures ...