e tincture of belladonna, in doses of two drops in water,
three times daily, for a child of two, is also often efficacious.
Quinine, given in the dose of one-sixth grain for each month of the
child's age under a year; or in one and one-half grain doses for each
year of age under five, is one of the older and more valuable
remedies. It should be given three times daily in pill with jelly, or
solution in water. Bromoform in doses of two drops for a child of two,
and increasing to five drops for a child of six, may be given in syrup
three times daily with benefit. Most of these drugs should be employed
only with a doctor's advice, when this is possible. To sum up, use the
vapo-cresoline every day. When no physician is available, begin with
belladonna during the day, using bromide of sodium at night. If this
fails to modify the whooping after five days' trial, use bromide and
chloral. In severe cases use bromoform. During a fit of coughing and
whooping, it is well to support the child's head, and if he ceases to
breathe, he should be slapped over the face and chest with a towel wet
with cold water. Interference with sleep caused by coughing, and loss
of proper nourishment through vomiting, lead to wasting and debility.
Teaspoonful doses of emulsion of cod-liver oil three times daily,
after eating, are often useful in convalescence, and great care must
be taken at this time to prevent exposure and pneumonia. Change of air
and place will frequently hasten recovery remarkably in the later
stages of the disease.

=ERYSIPELAS.=--Erysipelas is a disease caused by germs which gain
entrance through some wound or abrasion in the skin or mucous
membranes. Even where no wound is evident it may be taken for granted
that there has been some slight abrasion of the surface, although
invisible. Erysipelas cannot be communicated any distance through the
air, but it is contagious in that the germs which cause it may be
carried from the sick to the well by nurses, furniture, bedding,
dressings, clothing, and other objects. Thus, patients with wounds,
women in childbirth, and the newborn may become affected, but modern
methods of surgical cleanliness have largely eliminated these forms of
erysipelas, especially in hospitals, where it used to be common.
Erysipelas attacks people of all ages, some persons being very
susceptible and suffering frequent recurrences. The form which arises
without any visible wound is seen usually on the face, and