In  the  next  step  of  its  progress,  the  disease  offers,  when  exquisitely
developed,  a  most  impressive  picture.  The  nostrils  of  the  patient  are
distended  by  the  struggle  for  breath,  the  eyes  protrude,  inspiration  is
attended  with  a  harsh  whistling  or  wheezing;  the  face,  at  first  flushed,
becomes  irregularly  livid ;  the  child  grasps  its  throat  with  its  hand,
and  complains  of  pain  seated  there;  the  pulse  becomes  extremely  fre-
quent and  corded;  there  is  incessant  restlessness,  and  the  little  sufferer,
by  its  expression  of  countenance,  its  moans,  and  its  entreaties  for  help,
with  every  other  sign  that  its  age  and  degree  of  intelligence  admit  of,
shows  the  highest  intensity  of  distress.  The  cough  is  at  first  loud,
dissonant,  and  accompanied  with  the  peculiar  sound  formerly  alluded
to,  but  after  a  time  becomes  lower  and  feebler;  and  in  the  third  stage,
which  has  been  regarded  as  a  condition  of  collapse,  is  little  more  than
a  whispered  or  wheezing  effort.
