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This is by far the most formidable and fatal of all the diseasesto which infancy and childhood are liable, and is purely an inflammatoryaffection, attacking that portion of the mucous membrane lining thewindpipe and bronchial tubes, and from the effect of which a false orloose membrane is formed along the windpipe, resembling in appearancethe finger of a glove suspended in the passage, and, consequently,terminating the life of the patient by suffocation; for, as the lowerend grows together and becomes closed, no air can enter the lungs, andthe child dies choked. All dull, fat, and heavy children are peculiarlypredisposed to this disease, and those with short necks and who make awheezing noise in their natural breathing
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Platform: Windows, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003
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