. Babyhood . thatif a child seems languid with no apparentreason, and on looking into the throat onenotices a patch of whitish material on thefront or side of a tonsil, or if on depressingthe tongue a patch is seen on the posteriorpart as the parts are everted, or on the softpalate, which spot does not disappear duringa forced act of swallowing; and especially ifon attempting to remove this patch with pin-cers this can be done only with some diffi-culty and the attempt causes bleeding, thenthe case is probably one of diphtheria, andthe doctor is to be sent for. There is nospecific for diphther
. Babyhood . thatif a child seems languid with no apparentreason, and on looking into the throat onenotices a patch of whitish material on thefront or side of a tonsil, or if on depressingthe tongue a patch is seen on the posteriorpart as the parts are everted, or on the softpalate, which spot does not disappear duringa forced act of swallowing; and especially ifon attempting to remove this patch with pin-cers this can be done only with some diffi-culty and the attempt causes bleeding, thenthe case is probably one of diphtheria, andthe doctor is to be sent for. There is nospecific for diphtheria, and each case must betreated to a certain extent differently. Itwould be unwise to map out a plan of treat-ment for the laity in a disease of such gravi-ty. Undoubtedly the early recognition of acase of diphtheria by parents is of greatimportance. There is a prevalent idea thatthe disease always begins with enlargedglands, difficulty in swallowing, and greatdebility. This is only true of malignant, A LEAF FROM AN ANXIOUS FATHERS JOURNAL. ABABY is a young animal, of course, and theyoung of all animals have certain resem-blances, more or less superficial, to one still he inherits, and will develop, not ovinenor porcine, but human impulses and soon as anything within him can be appealedto at all, that something is reason. There edu-cation commences. See that your appeal, fromthe very beginning, comes in a form to elevate,not to debase, his motives of action. Moreover,he inherits all, and more than all, your sensitive-ness to impressions, your vividness of imagina-tion. Beware what first indelible characters youstamp on that more than virginal white shield,the baby-soul ! Our boy was a Thanksgiving gift of the time he was six weeks old his thumbwas hardly ever out of his mouth for an was only in that way he could drop off tosleep. His instant response to a caress, evenwhen a mere infant, was to nestle down with hischeek against th
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