Show whooping cough by Y metropolitan life insurance co I 1 whooping hooping N cough is it a dangerous and highly contagious disease it is one f the worst misfortunes that can call happen to a child under fahe and is serious at any age it is catching from its earliest stages oren even before the whoop lias liag begun parents should do all that they can call to protect their children from whoop inz iner cough at all times keep babies mil iid young children away from those ax aho vho 1 I 0 co cough ugh or appear to have colds BP be especially ei watchful when there is whooping hooping cough in the community parents should take equal pains pain to protect others from contact chontae t wi with th their own children childr en if in spite of care they catch this disease WARNING SIGNS whooping cough starts with a 11 slight s ii al 11 t cold running at the nose fever and a dry cough the eyes are bloodshot after a week the cough get gets worse and the child times in bucce ile he becomes pale anil and draws in ili ili his breath with a sharp sarali ili ing g sound this is the whoop tho it Is nut present in ili all ease cases in mild cases the child will trill have four or fhe coughing spells a day clay in were me cases many more than that WHAT TO DO FOR WHOOPING if your child shows the firt first qi signs iia f whooping cough call the doctor anol and fIl follow oiw his direction absolutely ile he can call do much to relieve n lieve the childs distress and to bad after effects to doctor may wish to use a vaccine v aich is harmless and which in ili many pases cases seems seem to have been helpful both for prevention and in treatment good cire care and careful carci ful feeding are ury nery important in keeping the child from becoming wor no from violent coughing and frequent vomiting give him foods food that are easily digested if lie he vomits after a meal nil au ez egg well I 1 heisten in milk with sugar and vanilla may be given f see that lie he gets plenty of fresh nir air keep the alic room well aired night and lay day while he is convalescing unless it is raining take him out EVERY DAY on the roof in the yard or into the park but to do not allow him to mingle with others many children lose weight and become very weak from whooping cough in till this condition they e cosily get an pneumonia u or even and other serious herious diseases dib eases whooping cough may ilso cause heart strain do not let the child return to school or play un im ril ill the doctor hill has pronounced him well HOW TO PROTECT THE I 1 liest or OF till THE FAMILY all ii matter that comer comes from mouth month and nose while hi hile the child Is sick should be bc received in a piece of clean old cloth or paper napkin liap kill and burned for it Is largely through carelessness in coughing hing and in the disposal of nose ind ana throat dile discharges barges that tile the disease is spread keep separate cups glass cups Ls is plates and spoons tor for ill the ch child I 1 while he is sick JULIA MCKINNON KINNON Me county nurse |