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account must the child be exposed to a draught. During
convalescence great care must be taken to prevent the child
taking cold.
A set of feeding utensils—plates, spoons, forks, &c.—should
be set apart for the patient's use, and before being used by other
members of the family must be disinfected by washing in
boiling water ; so also sheets, nightdresses, pocket handkerchiefs,
and the like must be boiled in the copper. Old pieces of rags
may advantageously be used for wiping the eyes and nose, as
these can be put on the fire and burnt. The room and its
contents, on the recovery of the patient, should receive a little
simple disinfection; thus the bedding and clothing should be
hung about the room over the bedstead and chairs and freely
exposed to the fresh air, the window being widely opened top
and bottom for this purpose for about six hours, and all parts
of the room and furniture well scrubbed and washed with
plenty of soap and hot water.
WHOOPING COUGH.
WHOOPING COUGH AND MEASLES are frequently
associated, that is to say, that the one often follows the other.
The characteristic "Whoop" is not present at the onset
of the cough, it being frequently a fortnight before it develops.
This "Whoop" occurs at the end of a fit of coughing, and is
caused by a long drawn noisy inspiration or in-sucking of air
like that produced when a morsel of food" has gone the wrong
way."