eristic odor.

The practical lesson to be learned from this uncertainty is, immediately
to get a physician as soon as you find spots in the throat of your sick
child, unless you are absolutely sure that the condition is not
diphtheria and you are willing to take that chance.

Treatment of an Acute Attack of Tonsilitis.--Put the child in bed at
once and keep him on a light diet during the fever. Give him all the
cool boiled water he wants to drink. If the fever is very high it can be
controlled by sponging the body with cool water. If the patient is an
infant the food should be reduced to one-half strength. Tonsilitis
is a disease that runs a certain course and gets better, or the patient
develops some other more serious conditions as a result of neglect or
carelessness. We therefore try to make the patient comfortable and let
the disease take care of itself.

The throat can be gargled or sprayed with any mild antiseptic liquid, or
it can be painted with tincture of iodine or 10 per cent. solution of
silver nitrate. As a rule the gargles do not aid in the cure of the
disease, though they contribute to the comfort of the patient.

A cold compress made of half a dozen thicknesses of cloth, such as a
table napkin, and put under the jaw (not round the neck), and covered
with oiled silk and held in place with a bandage that meets and is tied
on the top of the head, is of distinct usefulness.

When it is known that the child is rheumatic, the heart must be
carefully watched during the fever and anti-rheumatic remedies depended
upon to effect a cure.

SUMMARY:--

Tonsilitis, because of its likeness to diphtheria, must be promptly and
carefully diagnosed.

A physician only is capable of making a diagnosis.

Any sore throat in a child with spots or membrane is deserving of
serious and immediate attention.

A mistake may mean death. Don't take a chance.

BRONCHITIS

Bronchitis is one of the commonest diseases of childhood. It is the
cause of many deaths. Exposure during inclement weather is as a rule the
cause of it. It occurs in all classes and conditions of children. Poorly
nourished and badly clothed children are more liable to get it than are
others. It is more dangerous in young children and infants than in older
children. A young child or an infant will get bronchitis quicker than
those older and stronger under the same conditions.

Bronchitis is often present while children are suffering from other
dise