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Chronicle (Levin), 29 March 1946, Page 7

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i THAT CHIiONIC COUGII

(By the Hepartmenl of liealtlij. i No. 261.

Mensics and w noopiug cougli leave .leiiind t neill a proporli.ni of lung eompticat hui An iiidication qf tliese is iwell knowu to parents as a chrome Aotigh. ihe cliiidi on who had moasios land wli(io{iing cou.gh last sjiriug aml this suiniiier ha\ e [nobaldv iusL such .•otighs lliiough tlie locent jiolidays, os- . pia ialiv if they had a cluuige of air land plenty of sunbat liing. There is iiiotiiii.g like a ludiday witli its opou air jlife and sunshine on the skin to hurry iilie disapjiettraiice of a cougli. The1 i children who get measles and whoojiing i otigh in Ihe late summer and autumu imonlhs are oflen left with a cougli lght througli the winter. The cougli is really dis! ressing and Ihe winlrv cold land welness seem to make it worse. It ! has. been Ihe cusloin to prescribe. u [ •ough mixture and comfoit the pareut l witli Ihe assurance that the cougli Avill j ■lisapp',ar in the next summer season. I Bhmild lliis cougli after whooping ■•ough or after measles airlie t aitv of vnur children lliis autumn and show's jsigns of coiitinuing tlir'iugh the winter, you should try these things to shake il off. Make sure you *re giving the chibl a fully balancod diet, and that some form of lisli liver oil is taken daily. Also that lliere is not too much mollycoddling because of the co'ugli I bv diiytimc, and that the bedroom ' windows are opened by night. 11 might be advisable to have the chest X-rayed : to make sure there is no serious lung j trouble left. anrl, liaving an X-ray j clearance, then trv a course of ultraviolet ray treatment. You can't get mucli sun and e\posnre of the skin to Ihe sun 's rays in • winter time. J3nt you can get similar i benefits from arrifi.ciill Jight treatment. j Three or four oxtiosnres tn nltra-violet ' rays will frpquentJy elear away a | chrome cough following measles or whooping cougli. Appetite iniproves i and tlie child gets bac.k to unbroken j sleep at night. At least it ?s worth [

t rying, when you have a child who has a clear X-ray picture, but who is coninuously woiuied with a chroiiic cough hi winter following measles or whooping cough in summer or autunm.