Show I Daily Health Service B By DK DU MORRIS FISHBEIN Modern parents need worry no longer about the presence of whoopIng whoop whoop- Ing cough among their children for means have been devised deviser by which I this type of cough can be discovered almost as soon as it U is suspected The new method Is the so called so-called called cough plate method This is based on the established fact that whooping whooping whooping whoop whoop- ing cough is associated with the presence of a special germ in the thc throat By the cough ough plate method the child is asked to cough directly on a little saucer known as a culture plate which contains a substance on which the germs can grow When the germs grow they are studied Under under under un un- der the microscope and diagnosis of the condition is made on the basis of what is seen In fact the diagnosis is now made frequently from this study of the germs before beCore the characteristic cough actually develops e 0 o 0 o oIn In some communities the child who is suspected of having whooping whooping whooping whoop whoop- ing cough is kept isolated until the diagnosis is definitely made and a warning placard Is put on the house Thirty five days after the characteristic characteristic characteristic charac charac- cough appears the child can be released If Il however the material on the cough plates is studied regularly patients are released from isolation 28 days after aCter the onset of the tho disease disease disease dis dis- dis- dis ease provided two consecutive cough plates taken 21 24 hours apart are arc found to be free from germs This of course Is exceedingly important important important im im- im- im because It shortens the time of isolation and quarantine e a Another interesting measure Is the making of a vaccine out of the germs found on the cough plate The Thc vaccine consists of the dead bodies of these germs erms suitably treated with antiseptics and studied to make certain that there are arc no living germs remaining When this is injected Into the thc body the body builds up substances which resist resit the thc infection Use of oC these vaccines seems to to indicate that it is possible to the attack of oC whooping cough n wj ti J also to prevent the attack provid provided the vaccine is given sufficiently early to those who have been in contact con con- tact act with patients with this disease |