I'KIA I.YMoN OP 8CAKLET FEVER 51 



NOTES FROM FOREIGN JOURNALS 



' Treatment of Scarlatina. 



T discussing the chi<-f ilithVultir.s in diagnosis 

 to be met with, Cmrlipp ir.-TilcB the method- 

 trea is,- in the hiMren's wards of the 



Cha ry case should be kept in bed for 



at least three weeks; for, even in eases to all 

 appearance mild and running a normal course, 



re is no security against an unpleasant surprise. 



rise of temperature calls for a careful search 



for its cause, and the practitioner must be on his 



guard, even when the temperature falls very 



gradually. The Mrk-room must not be too warm 



P.), and, whenever it is possible, the 



-room trc.i should be adopted. For 



in and stupor, warm baths with cold 



douching are order. Cold baths must be 



avoided, as they do not suit the children. When 



re is pyrexia to a degree requiring reduction, 

 the cold pack is used for from 10 to 15 minutes 

 every hour. The parched lips and the region 

 of the nostrils are moistened v. mucilage 



of quince, of the German Pharmacopoeia. The 

 throat always demands particular attention. The 

 tonsils are extremely susceptible to the invasion 

 of streptococci, as they have been deprived of 

 resistance by the scarlatina to By this 



path may gain entrance the dreaded scarlatina 



