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it quite frequently in the Homes when they v. 

 in charge without knowing it. "Oh," said tl 

 44 how often we have done that, but we thought it 

 was only for suspicious cases of scarlet fever. \\ 

 know all about it now ! " 



Some details I think it may be well to dwell a little upon the 

 1 method of treatment which I pursue. At iir-i I 

 used carbolic oil 1 in 10, yet in most of 

 cases I have mentioned, and for twenty-five years, 

 I have used pure eucalyptus oil as supplied by 

 Messrs. Hewlett \- Son. For the first four days in 

 a scarlet fever case, commencing at the earliest 

 possible moment, I have pure eucalyptus oil gently 

 rubbed in all over the body, morning and evening, 

 from the crown of the head to the soles of the feet. 

 Afterwards this is repeated once a day until the 

 tenth day of the disease. The aroma of the oil 

 fills the room and saturates the atmosphere. The 

 tonsils, however, I always swab with 1 in 10 

 carbolic oil every two hours for the first twenty- 

 four hours. This greatly relieves the pain, and 

 enables the patient to swallow. Often the affected 

 child asks for this to be done. Only on rare 

 occasions have I found it necessary to swab the 

 tonsils for a longer period than twenty-four hours, 

 and never when commenced early. My method is 

 to make a firm mop of cotton wool on the end of 

 a pair of forceps, thoroughly soak the wool in the 

 carbolic oil, and then swab the tonsils and the 



