Scorbutic beading of the ribs

Early study on infantile scurvy:

"Beading of the ribs, the so-called rachitic rosary, should not be regarded as pathognomonic of rickets. It occurs very frequently in connection with infantile scurvy and is one of the typical signs of this disorder, developing in the course of the disease, and disappearing rapidly with the recession of the other symptoms when an antiscorbutic foodstuff is given. This view is borne out by clinical observations on man and on animals, as well as by postmortem examinations.

The rigid conception of this phenomenon as attributable solely to rickets led to a confusion of infantile scurvy and rickets in the past, and today is responsible for the misinterpretation of many cases of latent scurvy."