There is no specific cure for whooping cough; it has got to run its course, which may be either short or long. I have tried every agent so far known to scientific medicine, and there is none that will give prompt relief in every instance. Whooping cough being a bronchitis plus something else, it seems rational that the same precautions that are observed in a case of bronchitis should be followed here. Children with this affection must not be exposed to drafts or rough winds lest they get cold, which might seriously complicate matters. In summer when the weather is warm, outdoor life is beneficial in hastening recovery. Some children have the cough so light, that no extra precautions seem to be necessary; they have no fever, eat, feel and sleep well. But those who are feverish, who vomit freely, and whose appetite is capricious, require every attention. Their diet should be especially guarded, so that all dry, irritating nutriments are prohibited, and so that the diet consists principally of liquid nourishment. Warm drinks have a favorable influence on the disease; a plentiful supply of warm milk, first thoroughly beaten with an egg beater is the most suitable and convenient. The milk punch is often borne well, and the little whisky that enters into its composition is a needed stimulant to the sufferer; broths may be given for a change, and to these the yolk of an egg can be added with advantage. A great many remedies might be suggested, but the one which has served my purpose the best, is the following: Take: Deodorized tincture, of opium ½ dram Fluid extract, of belladonna 4 drops Fluid extract, of ipecac. 10 drops Simple syrup 2 ounces For a child five years old, give a teaspoonful three or four times a day; older or younger children in proportion. If the cough is hard and dry, ten to twenty drops of syrup of ipecac alone should be given instead of the mixture, and when the cough is loosened, the mixture can be again administered. When in the course of the affection the breathing suddenly becomes labored, and the fever increases, it is fair to presume that the case is complicated with pneumonia. (_i_) Eruptive fevers, as their name implies, are characterized by an eruption or exanthema. The most virulent of this class is smallpox. The eruption of this disease is of the nature of vesicles, or pustules, while that of measles, scarlatina, and rose rash is dry, and is properly called a _rash_. Chickenpox, however, has also vesicles and pustules, and for this reason it is very liable in times of an epidemic of smallpox to be mistaken for a mild form of the latter disease. For obvious reasons it is not proper to consider smallpox in this connection; its gravity and its management require experience, and further, it generally comes under special quarantine regulations of the proper constituted authorities.