n the head and
fever, it should at once be a reason for carefulness on the part of the
parent. The diet should be light, cooling, and scanty; and the child
should be carefully kept in doors.

It has been before remarked, that in its ordinary course measles is a
disease unaccompanied with danger, but that the mildest form may be
speedily converted into the most dangerous. That is to say, a sudden
change may lake place in the symptoms, arising out of circumstances
which could not have been foreseen, and therefore unavoidable; or may
be produced by improper management on the part of the nurse, such as
the giving of stimulants, by too much heat, or by exposure to cold. Now
it is for the parent early to notice any change which may occur from
the first source, and by her watchfulness to guard against the
possibility of its arising from either of the second.

In reference to the first, if the child should complain at any period
of the disease of severe headach, with piercing pain through the
temples, and if this is accompanied by wandering of mind, great
increase of suffusion of the eyes, as also intolerance of light, the
immediate attention of the medical man is demanded. So, if towards the
dose of the eruption, that is, from the seventh to the ninth day, the
breathing should again become hurried (this symptom is very generally
present during the height of the eruption, and is not necessarily
connected with disease of the lungs), with pain and oppression felt at
the chest, the cough becoming hacking and incessant, etc. (all symptoms
cognizable by the mother, and indicative of inflammation of the
lungs), no time must be lost in seeking medical aid.

With regard to the last cause (improper management), it may be well,
in reference to it, to observe, that it sometimes happens that the rash
comes out imperfectly, or, having appeared properly, suddenly
retrocedes and disappears; and that under such circumstances the nurse
will almost certainly, if not well watched, give the child "a good
dose of sulphur in diluted spirit, or a glass of punch containing
saffron," which are considered specifics for bringing out the eruption.
Nothing can be more injurious than such remedies, for generally the
disappearance of the rash will be dependent upon the existence of some
internal inflammation, or of too high a fever; for the removal of
which the medical man ought to be instantly applied to. Sometimes,
however, it may be fairly traced to a