Hospitalism (or anaclitic depression in its sublethal form) was a pediatric diagnosis used in the 1930s to describe infants who wasted away while in hospital. The symptoms could include retarded physical development, and disruption of perceptual-motor skills and language.
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The term hospitalism was used by surgeons to describe the post-surgical infections so commonly found in surgical wards . 外科医生用“医院病”这一名词来形容外科病房中十分常见的手术后感染。