Meaning of the Terms Diphtheria, Croup, and Faux Croup
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Croup and Diphtheria
[Concluded from page 255.] The following will be read with interest in connection with the subject discussed in last number. From it it will be seen that some of the views entertained and expressed in 1879, were precisely those held and expressed by a physician, who took no part in this recent debate, some seventeen years back. Dr. Hillier (then AssistantPhysician to the hospital for sick child...
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Croup (laryngotracheobronchitis) is a common childhood croup in the home setting, particularly as the reduction in anxiety which both child and parent experience may be illness with a peak incidence of 60 per 1000 child-years in those aged between one and two years. 1 More severe cases clinically useful, but it should be recognised that this is almost certainly a placebo effect and there is no ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1875
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.749.606