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For many years whooping cough has been considered to be a bother to the patient and a
nuisance to others; as, in fact, an unimportant disease. Unfortunately, this is not so; as statistics show
that it has caused more deaths than polio, diphtheria, scarlet fever, and measles put together.
Whooping cough begins in a child as an ordinary cold with cough and slight fever, and this stage lasts
for a week or ten days. Then begins a series of coughs and the patient is unable to breathe. The
"whoop" is caused by the noisy indrawing of breath when the fit stops. The face may become blue
and congested. Bronchitis is usually present, and bronchopneumonia may result in a complication, so
inoculation of all children before this disease has a chance to strike them is of great importance.
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