Abstract:The primary object of the present study, which was carried out at the Victoria Hospital for Children, Chelsea, was to investigate the incidence and course of the pulmonary complications which persist for more than two months after the onset of pertussis, and to determine whether these effects of whooping cough on the lung could be avoided. Pertussis is most dangerous in early life and we restricted our enquiry to children under the age of 4 years. An attempt was made to see each child approximately three month… Show more
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