i M; OF S( 



ig years I have been able 



mo to teat this practice in many hundreds 



of cases. 8h <> infection arise from n. 



source it will spread in spite of the 

 ivi.lual pr n. Such an experience the 



my care passed through in 

 year 1904-5 (from December 16, 1904, 



1905), when ninety-five cases were 



icked " rhil.iren. 



no case he disease be traced to 



in.iivi.lual contact. No adults were attacked. 



of fifty-eight cottages, cases appeared 

 rty-sevt 



My own children were very susceptible to scarlet 



ics six hare had it, yet 



on no occasion has there been any spreading to 

 the other members. This, although their mother 

 nursed those who were ill and attended to the 

 others in an adjoining room. In the course of 

 a few days after the beginning of the attack the 

 Idren were allowed to mingle freely with one 

 another at games and meals. The sheet hung 

 over the door, and kept moist with disinfect; 

 was dispensed with, for they were carefully rubbed 

 with 10 per cent, carbolic oil or eucalyptus oil day 

 day, their throats treated, and they had a 



il supply of fresh air. This thoroup 

 destroyed all germs, and prevented the disease 

 from spreading. It also completely 



