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th the re.sult, and he will always folk- 

 mode of treatmei 

 ns In my experience I have ; known the 



f diiM! 0n trouble spread through any cases of otorrhoea or 

 ozoena, for I never have such. I have, how. 

 had children returned, after seven weeks' absence 

 in a fever hospital, with a little skin on the sole 

 of their feet unpeeled, and within a few days the 

 children who slept on either side of them were 

 attacked. It is the more necessary to emphasise 

 this, because tonsils, ears, and nose have been 

 blamed by many prominent medical authoritic 

 being the only cause for the spread of scarlet f< 

 infection. Yet, as one medical officer of health 

 remarked in one case of mine which he examined : 

 "If tonsils ever convey the infection this one 

 should." After fourteen weeks, however, the; 

 no sign of any infection from any of the above 

 cases which I have detailed. 



Both doctors and public have been brought up 

 with such a firm conviction of the infectious natuiv 

 of scarlet fever that I find it strikes every one with 

 astonishment to find that scarlet fever treated thus 

 is really as little infectious as chilblains. It will 

 show how long I have followed this plan of treat- 

 ment, and also perhaps take the sting out of some 

 possible criticisms, if I add the following incidents. 

 When last year some officers of public health 

 visited the village, the lady superintendent told 



