Show Diagnosis of Smallpox Local physicians are much Interested In an editorial in the last number ol tho New York Medical Record on the diagnosis diag-nosis of smallpox In concluding time Record says In lie case of an eruptive erup-tive disease resembling chickenpox or smallpox If a careful oxamlnallon ho mado as to the character and location of lie vesicles a correct diagnosis should be arrived at without much difficulty dif-ficulty When howeer an epidemic of smallpox is abroad all complaints of an eruptive nnure should bo vleod with suspicion and If I a physician feels In the least doubtful In any particular case It will be better for him lo err on the side of caution and lo observe strict prccatillons than by a mistaken diagnosis diag-nosis perhaps to menace the health and lives of a whole district |