The Greek word "rachitis" (ῥαχίτης meaning "in or of the spine") was later adopted as the scientific term for rickets, due chiefly to
Kaynak: Rickets

Cheadle published the first observation on acute rachitis after J. O. L. Möller , calling the disease infantile scurvy . He distinguished
Kaynak: Walter Butler Cheadle

Diseases of children: excluding infectious diseases and rachitis "; New York: 1897 Tratado de las enfermedades de la Infancia, 2 editions
Kaynak: Jules Comby