ass, holding them there while he
slowly counts one, two, three, four (about five seconds))._

_Repeat these movements deliberately and perseveringly twelve or
fifteen times in every minute, thus imitating the natural motions of
breathing. Continue the artificial respiration from one to four hours,
or until the patient breathes; and for a while after the appearance of
returning life, carefully aid the first short gasps until deepened
into full breaths._

_Keep the body warm with hot-water bottles and blanket._

_Rule 3.--Give oxygen to breathe from a cylinder, for two days, at
short intervals, in the case of illuminating gas._

=FIT; CONVULSION.=

_First Aid Rule 1.--Aid breathing. Loosen collar, waist bands, and
unhook corset, or cut the laces behind._

_Rule 2.--Protect from injury. Gently restrain from falling or rolling
against furniture; lay flat on bed._

_Rule 3.--Protect tongue from being bitten. Open jaws and put between
teeth rubber eraser tied to stout string, or rubber stopper tied to
stout string._

_Rule 4.--Crush pearl of amyl nitrite in handkerchief, and hold close
to patient's nose and mouth, till face is red and patient relaxes._

_Rule 5.--Let patient sleep after fit without rousing._

FOOTNOTES:

[9] Caution. Dangerous. Use only on physician's order.

[10] Caution. Dangerous. Use only on physician's order.

Part II

GERM DISEASES

BY

KENELM WINSLOW

CHAPTER I

=Contagious Diseases=

_Scarlet Fever--Symptoms and Treatment--Precautions
Necessary--Measles--Communicating the
Disease--Smallpox--Vaccination--How to Diagnose Chickenpox._

=ERUPTIVE CONTAGIOUS FEVERS= (_including Scarlet Fever, Measles,
German Measles, Smallpox, and Chickenpox_).--These, with the exception
of smallpox, attack children more commonly than adults. As they all
begin with fever, and the characteristic rash does not appear for from
one to four days after the beginning of the sickness, the diagnosis of
these diseases must always be at the onset a matter of doubt. For this
reason it is wise to keep any child with a fever isolated, even if the
trouble seems to be due to "a cold" or to digestive disturbance, to
avoid possible communication of the disorder to other children. While
colds and indigestion are among the most frequent ailments of
children, they must not be neglected, for measles begins as a bad
cold, smallpox like the _grippe_, and scarlet fever with a sore throat
or tonsilitis