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Letters Sound of covid and other coughs

Covid-19 cough: use all your senses to make a diagnosis

BMJ 2021; 374 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1692 (Published 05 July 2021) Cite this as: BMJ 2021;374:n1692
  1. Arnold G Zermansky, retired GP
  1. Leeds, UK
  1. pandazed{at}virginmedia.com

Your “cough in a box” item1 reminded me of my first experience of general practice as a student over 50 years ago. Between patients we heard a child coughing in the waiting room. My tutor said, “That kid’s got measles.” In time, the child appeared and had …

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