WHOOPING COUGH
Mr. L. D. Austin writes further to "The Post" with reference,to whooping cough and a suggested remedy. He speaks of treatment by a medical practitioner of a remedy the basis of which is the use of a sedative drug. Further inquiries have been made from medical sources in regard to the treatment recommended. It is pointed out that the remedy mentioned is but paliiative. Practically the only remedies which the medical profession have against this disease are sedativp and palliative, and not strictly cure*. The major problem in whooping cough is the prevention of spread of the disease. This, medical men state, will always remain difficult to realise, because the disease frequently occurs in a mild but highly contagious form; and thus a child who suffers but a mild unrecognised indisposition .may infe_et a large number of other children with a virulent and often fatal disease.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 17, 21 January 1931, Page 15
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148WHOOPING COUGH Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 17, 21 January 1931, Page 15
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