Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 282, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1918 — To Distinguish Roup. [ARTICLE]

To Distinguish Roup.

Roup Is distinguished from diphtheria by the absence of the thick, tough, and very adherent newly formed membranes (false membranes) In the nostrils, mouth, and throat which are characteristic of the latter. There may sometimes be a deposit of yellowish material on the walls of the mouth and throat, but it is easily broken up and removed..